PA {m}
:: CV (aircraft carrier ); initialism of porte-avions
pablisme {m} [politics]
:: Pabloism
pabliste {adj} [politics]
:: Pabloist
pabliste {mf} [politics]
:: Pabloist
PAC {f}
:: acronym of Politique agricole commune (Common Agricultural Policy)
PACA {prop} {f}
:: acronym of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
pacage {m}
:: grazing
pacage {m}
:: pasture
pacane {f} [Quebec, Louisiana]
:: pecan
pacanier {m}
:: pecan (tree)
pacha {m}
:: pasha
pachalik {m}
:: pashalik
pachole {f} [Marseille slang]
:: cunt
pachto {m}
:: the Pashto language
pachyblépharose {f}
:: pachyblepharon
pachyderme {m}
:: pachyderm
pachyptile {adj} [ornithology, rare]
:: having thick feathers
Pachyptile {prop} {f} [zoology]
:: the genus Pachyptila, the pachyptiles
pacificateur {m}
:: pacifier (one who pacifies)
pacificateur {adj}
:: pacifying , pacificatory
pacification {f}
:: pacification
pacifier {v}
:: to pacify
pacifique {adj}
:: pacific
Pacifique {prop} {m}
:: Pacific
pacifiquement {adv}
:: peacefully
pacifisme {m}
:: pacifism
pacifiste {mf}
:: pacifist
pack {m}
:: pack (item of packaging)
pack {m}
:: pack ice
pack {m} [sports]
:: A rugby team
packaging {m}
:: packaging (material)
packfung {m}
:: paktong
pacotille {f}
:: junk (cheap, tacky articles)
PACS {m}
:: civil partnership
pacsage {m}
:: civil partnership
pacser {vi}
:: to enter into a civil partnership
pacson {m} [slang]
:: pack , packet
pacte {m}
:: pact , deal
pacte avec le diable {m}
:: deal with the devil , Faustian bargain
pacte civil de solidarité {m}
:: civil solidarity pact , civil union , civil partnership (legal union established in France in 1999 to regulate the relationships of unmarried cohabiting couples, different-sex or same-sex )
pacte faustien {m}
:: Faustian bargain , deal with the devil
pactiser {v}
:: to make a pact , make a deal
pactole {m}
:: fortune (large amount of money)
Pactole {prop} {m}
:: the Pactolus
paddock {m}
:: paddock
paddock {m} [slang]
:: pad (bed)
padichah {m}
:: Padishah
padine {f}
:: The brown alga peacock's tail (Padina pavonica)
padma {m}
:: pink lotus
padna {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ]
:: friend , buddy
Padoue {prop} {f}
:: Padua (province)
Padoue {prop} {f}
:: Padua (town)
pædagogique {adj}
:: obsolete form of pédagogique
paedagogue {mf}
:: obsolete form of pédagogue
pædagogue {mf}
:: obsolete form of pédagogue
pæderastie {f}
:: obsolete form of pédérastie
pædiatrie {f}
:: obsolete form of pédiatrie
paélia {f}
:: alternative spelling of paella
paella {f} [countable and uncountable]
:: paella
paëlla {f}
:: alternative spelling of paella
paf {interj}
:: Onomatopoeia for the noise caused by a fall or a blow
paf {adj}
:: drunk
paf {m} [slang]
:: cock , dick
PAF {f}
:: border police
PAF {m}
:: the French television and radio scene
pagaie {f}
:: paddle (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
pagaïe {f}
:: alternative spelling of pagaille
pagaille {f}
:: muddle ; mess
paganisme {m}
:: paganism (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity)
pagaye {f}
:: alternative spelling of pagaille
pagayer {v}
:: to paddle
page {f}
:: page (of a book, etc.)
page {f}
:: page , web page
page {m}
:: page , page boy
page d'accueil {f}
:: home page (of a Web site)
page de garde {f}
:: flyleaf ; endpaper
Pagenaud {prop}
:: surname
pages blanches {fp}
:: white pages
pages jaunes {fp}
:: yellow pages
page web {f}
:: web page
pagination {f}
:: pagination
paginer {v}
:: to paginate
pagne {m}
:: loincloth
pagne {m}
:: grass skirt
pagne {m}
:: bed
pagnolesque {adj}
:: Pagnolesque
pagode {f} [Buddhism, architecture]
:: pagoda
paie {f}
:: pay , salary
paiement {m}
:: payment
païen {adj}
:: pagan , heathen
païen {m}
:: pagan , heathen
païen {m} [Acadia]
:: an uneducated person , a hick
paillard {adj}
:: bawdy , lewd
paillardement {adv}
:: bawdily
paillarder {v}
:: To fornicate
paillasse {f}
:: paillasse , straw mattress
paillasse {f}
:: laboratory desk
paillasse {m}
:: clown , buffoon
paillasson {m}
:: doormat
paillasson {m} [colloquial]
:: pushover , submissive person accepting any humiliation
paille {f}
:: straw (dried grass)
paille {f}
:: (drinking) straw
paille {f}
:: flaw in a gem or metal
pailler {m}
:: straw house (a building to store straw)
pailler {m}
:: straw pile
pailler {v}
:: to cover with straw
pailleté {adj}
:: sequined
pailleter {v}
:: to decorate with sequins , glitter , spangles , or other sparkly material (paillettes bespangle
paillette {f}
:: sequin
pain {m}
:: bread
pain {m}
:: piece of bread
pain {m}
:: food
pain {m}
:: bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner
pain {m} [colloquial]
:: punch (a hit with the fist)
pain {m}
:: a block (of ice, of salt, of soap …) with the shape and size of bread
pain {m} [slang]
:: (music) mistake during a performance (false note, forgot an intro, wrong solo, …)
pain à cacheter {m}
:: wafer (of sealing wax etc.)
pain au chocolat {m}
:: A French snack consisting of a pastry , normally similar to a croissant , with chocolate inside
pain aux raisins {m}
:: pain aux raisins
pain bénit {m}
:: godsend
pain blanc {m}
:: white bread
pain complet {m}
:: wholemeal bread , brown bread
pain crestou {m}
:: A type of granary bread
pain de campagne {m}
:: A large round loaf of bread
pain de mie {m}
:: pain de mie (A type of sandwich loaf bread of French origin)
pain d'épice {m}
:: A form of French gingerbread
pain de sucre {m}
:: sugar-loaf
pain de viande {m}
:: meatloaf
pain grillé {m}
:: toast (toasted bread)
pain perdu {m}
:: French toast
paintball {m}
:: paintball
pair {adj} [of a number]
:: even
pair {m}
:: A peer , high nobleman/vassal (as in peer of the realm)
paire {f}
:: a pair ; a couple
pairement {adv}
:: evenly
paire minimale {f} [phonology]
:: minimal pair (pair of words)
paire torsadée {f}
:: twisted pair
pairie {f}
:: peerage
paisablement {adv}
:: alternative form of paisiblement
paiser {v} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ]
:: to hush
paisible {adj}
:: peaceful
paisiblement {adv}
:: peacefully
paitre {v}
:: alternative spelling of paître
paître {vi}
:: to graze
paix {f}
:: peace
paix-toi la djeule {interj} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, colloquial]
:: shut up !
pajot {m} [slang]
:: bed , fleabag , pit
Paki {m} [ethnic slur]
:: Paki (offensive term for a Pakistani)
Pakistan {prop} {m}
:: Pakistan
pakistanais {adj}
:: Pakistani
Pakistanais {m}
:: Pakistani , Paki (someone from Pakistan)
Pakistanaise {f}
:: feminine noun of Pakistanais
pal {m}
:: stake
pal {m}
:: pole
pal {m} [heraldiccharge]
:: pale
palabre {m}
:: convoluted discussion
palabre {m} [in the plural]
:: palaver
palabrer {vi}
:: to endlessly argue
palabres {f}
:: palaver
palace {m}
:: luxury hotel
paladin {m}
:: paladin
palæographie {f}
:: obsolete form of paléographie
palæographique {adj}
:: obsolete form of paléographique
palæologie {f}
:: obsolete form of paléologie (paleology )
Palæstine {prop} {f}
:: obsolete form of Palestine
palafitte {m}
:: pile (wooden structure used to support prehistoric dwellings)
palafittique {adj}
:: pile -dwelling (of prehistoric settlements)
palais {m}
:: palace
palais {m}
:: courthouse (palais de justice
palais {m}
:: palate ; up part inside the mouth
palais de justice {m}
:: courthouse
palais dur {m} [anatomy]
:: hard palate
palais mou {m} [anatomy]
:: soft palate
palan {m}
:: hoist
palangre {f}
:: longline (fishing line)
palangrer {v}
:: to long-line (fish with a longline)
palangrier {adj} [attributive]
:: longline fishing
palangrier {m}
:: longline fishing boat
palanquin {m}
:: palanquin
Palaos {prop} {fp}
:: Palau
palatal {adj} [anatomy, phonetics]
:: palatal
palatalisation {f} [phonetics, phonology]
:: palatalization
palatial {adj}
:: palatial
palatin {adj}
:: palatine
palatine {f} [historical]
:: tippet , shoulder cape
palatoalvéolaire {adj}
:: palatoalveolar
pale {f}
:: blade (of a propeller etc)
pale {f}
:: vane (of a windmill etc)
pâle {adj}
:: pale (light in color)
pâle {adj}
:: pale (lacking brightness)
pâle {adj}
:: pale (dull)
paléacé {adj}
:: paleaceous
palefrenier {m}
:: ostler , groom
palefroi {m}
:: palfrey
pâlement {adv}
:: palely , pallidly
paléo- {prefix}
:: paleo-
paléoanthropologie {f}
:: paleanthropology
paléoanthropologique {adj}
:: paleoanthropological
paléoanthropologue {mf}
:: paleoanthropologist (specialist in paleoanthropology)
paléoastronomie {f} [astronomy]
:: paleoastronomy
paléoauxologique {adj}
:: paleoauxological
paléobiochimie {f} [biochemistry]
:: paleobiochemistry
paléobotanique {f} [botany]
:: paleobotany
paléobotanique {adj}
:: paleobotanical
Paléocène {prop} {m}
:: Paleocene
paléochrétien {adj}
:: paleochristian
paléoclimat {m}
:: paleoclimate
paléoclimatique {adj}
:: paleoclimatic
paléoclimatologie {f}
:: paleoclimatology
paléocoprologie {f}
:: paleocoprology
paléocortex {m} [anatomy]
:: paleocortex
paléoécologie {f}
:: paleoecology
paléoenvironnement {m}
:: paleoenvironment
paléoethnographique {adj}
:: paleoethnographic
Paléogène {prop} {m}
:: Paleogene period
paléogéographie {f}
:: paleogeography
paléogéographique {adj}
:: paleogeographic
paléographe {mf}
:: paleographer
paléographie {f}
:: paleography
paléographique {adj}
:: Paleographic ; palaeographical ; palaeographic ; paleographical
paléographiquement {adv}
:: paleographically
paléoichnologie {f}
:: paleoichnology
paléolithique {m}
:: Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)
Paléolithique {prop} {f} [history]
:: The Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
paléologie {f}
:: paleology
paléomagnétisme {m}
:: paleomagnetism
paléoneurologie {f}
:: paleoneurology
paléontologie {f}
:: paleontology (study of prehistoric forms of life)
paléontologique {adj}
:: paleontological
paléontologiquement {adv}
:: paleontologically
paléontologue {mf}
:: paleontologist
paléopallium {m}
:: paleopallium
paléopathologie {f}
:: paleopathology
paléopathologique {adj}
:: paleopathological
paléoprotérozoïque {adj}
:: Paleoproterozoic
Paléoprotérozoïque {m}
:: Paleoproterozoic
paléosismologie {f}
:: paleoseismology
paléotectonique {adj} [geology]
:: paleotectonic
paléotestamentaire {adj}
:: vetero-testamentary , Old Testament (attributive)
paléozoïque {adj}
:: Paleozoic
paléozoologie {f}
:: paleozoology
Palerme {prop} {m}
:: Palermo
palermitain {adj}
:: of or from Palermo
Palermitain {m}
:: someone of or from Palermo
Palestine {prop} {f}
:: Palestine
Palestine {f} [printing, dated]
:: double pica (large size of type standardized as 24 points )
palestinien {adj}
:: Palestinian
Palestinien {m}
:: Palestinian
Palestinienne {f}
:: feminine noun of Palestinien
palestre {f} [historical]
:: palestra
palet {m}
:: hockey puck
palethnologie {f}
:: paleoethnology
palethnologique {adj}
:: paleoethnological
palethnologiquement {adv}
:: paleoethnologically
paletot {m}
:: jacket
palette {f}
:: palette
palétuvier {m}
:: mangrove , mangle
pâleur {f}
:: pallor ; paleness
palier {m} [mechanics]
:: bearing
palier {m}
:: landing (on stairs )
palier {m}
:: flat area; the flat , the level
palier {m} [figuratively]
:: stage
palier {adj}
:: landing (attributive)
palimpseste {m}
:: palimpsest
palindrome {m}
:: palindrome
palingénésique {adj}
:: palingenesic
palinodie {f}
:: palinode
palinspastique {adj} [geology]
:: palinspastic
pâlir {v}
:: to pale ; to fade (lose color)
pâlir {v}
:: to fade (lose glory or power)
palissade {f}
:: fence , palisade
palissade {f}
:: stockade
palissadique {adj} [botany]
:: palisadic
palissandre {m}
:: rosewood
palladien {adj}
:: Palladian
palladique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: palladic
palladium {m}
:: palladium
palladure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: palladide
Pallas {prop} [Greek mythology]
:: Pallas
Pallas {prop} [astronomy]
:: Pallas , the second asteroid discovered
pallénis {m}
:: Any plant of the genus Pallenis
palliatif {adj}
:: palliative
pallide {adj}
:: pallid
pallidement {adv}
:: pallidly
pallier {vt}
:: to conceal
pallier {vt}
:: to palliate (to relieve the symptoms of)
pallisandre {m}
:: pallisander
palmaire {adj} [anatomy]
:: palmar
palmarès {m}
:: prize list ; list of winners
palmarès {m}
:: record of achievements
palme {f} [leaf of the palm tree]
:: palm leaf
palme {f} [prize]
:: palm
palme {f}
:: palm tree
palme {f} [diving equipment]
:: flipper ; fin ; swim fin
palmé {adj} [of feet]
:: webbed
palmé {adj} [botany]
:: palmate
palmeraie {f}
:: palm grove
palmier {m}
:: palm , palm tree
palmier {m}
:: palmier (biscuit)
palmier à huile {m}
:: oil palm
palmier des Everglades {m}
:: Everglades palm , Acoelorraphe wrightii
palmine {f} [organic compound]
:: palmin
palmipède {m}
:: palmiped
palmiste {m}
:: oil palm (or several other related palm trees)
palmitique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: palmitic
palmitoléique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: palmitoleic
Palmyre {prop}
:: Palmyra
palmyrène {adj}
:: synonym of palmyrénien
Palmyrène {prop} {f}
:: Palmyrena (ancient country)
Palmyrène {mf}
:: synonym of Palmyrénien
palmyrénien {adj}
:: Palmyrene
Palmyrénien {m}
:: Palmyrene
Palmyrénienne {f}
:: feminine noun of Palmyrénien
palmyrien {adj}
:: synonym of palmyrénien
Palmyrien {m}
:: synonym of Palmyrénien
palois {adj}
:: Of or from Pau
Palois {m}
:: Native or inhabitant of Pau
Paloise {f}
:: feminine singular of Palois
palombe {f}
:: wood pigeon
pâlot {adj}
:: pale , peaky
palourde {f}
:: clam
palpable {adj}
:: palpable
palpablement {adv}
:: palpably
palpation {f}
:: palpation
palpébral {adj} [anatomy]
:: palpebral
palper {v}
:: to palpate
palpitant {adj}
:: pulsating , palpitating
palpitant {adj}
:: thrilling , exciting
palpitation {f}
:: palpitation
palpiter {v}
:: to palpitate
palpiter {v} [of a heart]
:: to beat , flutter , to race , pulsate
palpiter {v}
:: to jump around, jump about
palsambleu {interj} [archaic]
:: 'sblood
palse {m} [geology]
:: palsa
paltoquet {m} [dated]
:: A rude or uncouth person
paltoquet {m}
:: A pretentious person
palu {m} [colloquial]
:: malaria
palucher {v} [slang]
:: to masturbate
paludarium {m}
:: paludarium
paludéen {adj}
:: malarial ; [attributive] malaria
paludique {adj}
:: malarial
paludisme {m}
:: malaria (disease)
palus {m}
:: swamp
palynologie {f}
:: palynology (study of spores, pollen etc.)
palynologique {adj}
:: palynological
palytoxine {f} [organic chemistry]
:: palytoxin
PAM {prop}
:: WFP (World Food Programme); abbreviation of Programme Alimentaire Mondial
pâmer {vr} [literary, dated]
:: to swoon
pâmer {vr} [colloquial]
:: to be in raptures (devant
pâmer {vr} [colloquial]
:: to be overcome (de
Pamiers {prop}
:: Pamiers (town/commune)
Pamir {prop} {m}
:: Pamir (mountain range)
pâmoison {f}
:: swoon
pamphlet {m}
:: lampoon (written attack)
pamphlet {m} [Quebec or dated]
:: pamphlet (small booklet)
pamphlétaire {m}
:: pamphleteer
pamphlétaire {m}
:: lampooner
Pamphylie {prop}
:: Pamphylia
pampille {f}
:: pendant
pamplemousse {m} [botany, France, Canada]
:: pomelo
pamplemousse {m}
:: grapefruit
pamplemoussier {m} [botanic]
:: grapefruit tree (Citrus maxima ) from the Rutaceae family
pamplemoussier {adj} [attributive]
:: grapefruit
pampre {m} [literary]
:: vine branch
pan- {prefix}
:: pan-
pan {m}
:: piece , part
pan {m}
:: side , face
pan {m}
:: flap , lap (of coat)
pan {m}
:: patch , area , section , sector
pan {interj}
:: bang ! (sound of a gun)
pan {interj}
:: bam !
panacée {f}
:: panacea , cure-all
panachage {m}
:: blend , mix , mixture
panache {m}
:: panache (all senses)
panache {m}
:: (Canada) the bulk of antlers of deer and moose
panaché {m}
:: shandy (mix of beer and lemonade)
panaché {m}
:: mixture
panaché {adj}
:: mixed , variegated
panache éruptif {m}
:: eruption column
panacher {v}
:: to add a panache
panacher {v}
:: to mix colours (as in a panache)
panacher {v}
:: to mix
panache volcanique {m}
:: eruption column
panachure {f}
:: variegation , mottle ; marking , colouring
panachure {f}
:: white spot , white patch (on leaf, animal's skin etc.)
panade {f}
:: A soup boiled in water from bread , butter , sometimes also egg yolk and milk
panade {f}
:: A paste , typically made of milk and bread
panade {f} [figuratively]
:: A state or experience of misery , poverty
panafricain {adj}
:: Pan-African
panafricanisme {m}
:: Pan-Africanism
panais {m}
:: parsnip
Panamá {prop} {m}
:: Panamá (country)
Paname {prop} [slang]
:: Paris
panaméen {n}
:: Panamanian
Panaméen {m}
:: Panamanian
Panaméenne {f}
:: feminine singular of Panaméen
panaméricain {adj}
:: Pan-American
panaméricanisme {m}
:: Pan-Americanism
panamien {adj}
:: Panamanian
panarabe {adj}
:: pan-Arab
panarabisme {m}
:: pan-Arabism
panaris {m} [pathology]
:: whitlow , paronychia
panca {m}
:: punkah , a type of fan consisting in a screen suspended by the ceiling, as traditionally used in tropical colonies, notably the Indies
panca {m}
:: punkahwallah , a servant (typically a boy ) who operates it manually
pancake {m}
:: pancake
pancarte {f}
:: sign (with a message on, carried during a protest)
Pañchatantra {prop} {m}
:: Panchatantra (a collection of Sanskrit and Pali animal fables in verse and prose)
panchronique {adj}
:: panchronic
pancrace {m}
:: pankration (Ancient Greek martial art)
pancréas {m} [anatomy]
:: the pancreas
pancréatine {f} [biochemistry]
:: pancreatin
pancréatique {adj}
:: pancreatic
pancréatiquement {adv}
:: pancreatically
panda {m}
:: panda
pandanus {m}
:: a pandan
pandanus {m}
:: the pandans collectively
pandecte {f}
:: pandect
pandeiro {m}
:: Pandeiro
pandéisme {m}
:: pandeism
pandéistique {adj}
:: pandeistic
pandémie {f}
:: pandemic
pandémique {adj}
:: Pandemic
pandémiquement {adv}
:: pandemically
pandémonium {m} [obsolete, often capitalized]
:: the imaginary capital of Hell
pandémonium {m}
:: place where chaos and lawlessness abound
pandémonium {m}
:: reunion of lawless people
pandémonium {m}
:: noisy , chaotic place
Pandore {prop} {f} [Greek mythology]
:: Pandora
pané {adj}
:: breaded (covered in breadcrumbs)
panégyrique {m}
:: panegyric , eulogy
panégyriste {m}
:: panegyrist
panel {m}
:: panel (group of people)
panenthéisme {f}
:: panentheism
panenthéiste {adj}
:: panentheistic
panenthéiste {mf}
:: panentheist (person who believes in panentheism)
paner {v}
:: to bread (coat with bread or breadcrumbs)
Panet {prop}
:: surname
paneterie {f}
:: pantry
panetier {m}
:: pantryman
panetière {f}
:: feminine singular of panetier
panettone {m}
:: panettone
paneuropéen {adj}
:: Pan-European
pangamique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pangamic
Pangée {prop} {f}
:: Pangaea (supercontinent prior to Triassic)
Pangée {prop} {f}
:: Pangaion Hills
pangéen {adj}
:: Pangaean
pangermanisme {m}
:: Pan-Germanism
pangermaniste {adj}
:: Pan-Germanist
pangolin {m}
:: pangolin
pangramme {m}
:: pangram (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet)
Panhard {prop}
:: surname
panhellénique {adj}
:: Panhellenic
panic {m} [botany]
:: Refers to several thorny shrubs; cockspur , panic , panicgrass
panicault {m}
:: alternative form of panicaut
panicaut {m}
:: eryngo , sea holly (of genus Eryngium
panier {m}
:: basket
panier {m} [basketball]
:: goal
panier {m} [basketball]
:: hoop
panier {m} [Internet]
:: shopping basket
panier à salade {m}
:: salad shaker ; salad spinner
panier à salade {m} [figuratively]
:: paddy wagon , Black Maria (police van )
panier de crabes {m}
:: A rat race (literally, a basket of crabs); any organization where people metaphorically claw at one another to come out on top
panier de la ménagère {m} [Belgium, economics]
:: typical shopping basket (a set of control products used to track the evolution of the cost of living )
panier-entonnoir {m} [aeronautics]
:: drogue
panier percé {m} [figuratively]
:: a spendthrift , a big spender
panifiable {adj}
:: breadmaking (attributive)
panini {m}
:: panini
panique {adj}
:: panicked
panique {f}
:: panic
paniquer {vit}
:: To panic
panislamisme {m} [Islam]
:: Panislamism
panka {m}
:: punkah
panne {f}
:: plush velvet
panne {f}
:: breakdown (state of no longer functioning)
panne {f}
:: purlin
panneau {m}
:: sign ; signpost
panneau d'affichage {m}
:: billboard , notice board , bulletin board
panneau de signalisation {m}
:: road sign , traffic sign
panneau solaire {m}
:: solar panel (array of connected solar cells)
panne sèche {f} [of a vehicle]
:: state of having run out of fuel
pannicule {m}
:: the subcutaneous membrane where lipids accumulate
panonceau {m}
:: plaque (small sign)
panonceau {m}
:: escutcheon
panoplie {f}
:: panoply
panoplie {f}
:: outfit , costume (clothes for dressing up)
panoplie {f}
:: armoury
panoplie {f}
:: range (collection of things)
panoptique {adj}
:: panoptic
panoptique {m}
:: panopticon
panorama {m}
:: panorama
panoramique {adj}
:: panoramic
panosse {f} [Switzerland, Aosta Valley, Savoie, eastern France]
:: floorcloth
panosse {f} [military jargon]
:: the Swiss flag
panosse {f} [figuratively]
:: woman of ill repute
panpsychisme {m} [philosophy]
:: panpsychism
panrusse {adj}
:: pan- Russian
pansage {m}
:: grooming (of a horse etc)
panse {f}
:: belly
panse à bière {f} [colloquial]
:: beer belly , beer gut , beer muscles
pansement {m}
:: bandage , dressing , sticking plaster
pansement sur une jambe de bois {m}
:: synonym of cataplasme sur une jambe de bois
panser {v} [medicine]
:: to dress (a wound etc.); to bandage
panser {v} [equestrian]
:: to groom
panser ses plaies {v} [figuratively]
:: to lick one's wounds
pansexualité {f}
:: pansexuality
panslave {adj}
:: related to Pan-Slavism ; Panslavic
panslavisme {m}
:: Pan-Slavism
panspermie {f}
:: panspermia
pansu {adj}
:: potbellied , paunchy
pantachie {f} [rare, statistics]
:: density
pantachique {adj} [rare, statistics]
:: dense
pantacle {m}
:: A rare alternate spelling of pentacle
pantacourt {m}
:: capri pants , capris (casual pants for women)
pantagruélique {adj}
:: pantagruelian
pantagruélisme {m}
:: Pantagruelism
pantagruéliste {adj}
:: Pantagruelist
pantagruéliste {mf}
:: Pantagruelist
pantalon {m}
:: trousers [UK], pants [US]
pantalon {m} [dated]
:: knickers
pantalon clown {m}
:: alternative form of pantalon de clown
pantalon de clown {m} [Quebec politics]
:: Camo pants (pants with patterns typical of military camouflage) of a random assortment of colours, worn as a protest against government and contract terms, by uniformed employees, in violation of uniform dress codes
pantalon de clown {m}
:: clown pants
pantalonnade {f}
:: slapstick
pantalonnade {f}
:: farce
pantelant {adj}
:: panting , gasping (for breath)
panthéisme {m}
:: pantheism
panthéiste {adj}
:: pantheistic
panthéiste {mf}
:: pantheist
panthénol {m} [organic compound]
:: panthenol
panthéon {m}
:: pantheon
panthéonisation {v}
:: pantheonization
panthéoniser {v}
:: to pantheonize
panthère {f}
:: panther
panthère nébuleuse {f}
:: clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa
pantin {m}
:: puppet
pantogamie {n}
:: pantogamy
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
pantoisement {adv}
:: flabbergastedly
pantone {f}
:: A (commercial) range of colours
pantothénique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pantothenic
pantouflage {m}
:: The phenomenon of civil servants and politicians moving over to prominent private-sector jobs
pantouflard {adj} [colloquial]
:: stay-at-home
pantouflard {m} [colloquial]
:: couch potato , homebody
pantouflard {m} [historical]
:: A member of the non-combat "home guard" formed of older men during the Siege of Paris (1870–1871)
pantoufle {f}
:: slipper , house slipper (footwear)
pantoute {adv} [Quebec]
:: at all ; used to make a negative statement more emphatic
panty {m}
:: panty girdle
panure {f}
:: breadcrumb
Paola {prop}
:: given name borrowed from Italian
paon {m}
:: peacock
Paon {prop} {m} [astronomy]
:: Pavo
paon du jour {m}
:: European peacock (butterfly)
paonne {f}
:: peahen ; feminine singular of paon
paonneau {m}
:: young peacock
papa {m} [childish]
:: papa , a child's father ; also as form of address: dad , daddy
papa {m}
:: pops , any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance
papable {m}
:: A papabile
papable {adj}
:: papabile
papa-gâteau {f} [figuratively]
:: doting father , soft touch with one's kids
papal {adj}
:: papal
papamobile {f}
:: Popemobile (any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope)
paparazzi {m}
:: A paparazzo
papauté {f}
:: papacy
papavéracé {adj}
:: papaveraceous
papaye {f}
:: papaya (fruit)
papayer {m}
:: papaya tree
pape {m}
:: Pope
papelard {adj}
:: hypocritical
papelardement {adv}
:: hypocritically
paperasse {f} [pejorative]
:: paperwork , bumf
paperasserie {f}
:: red tape
papeterie {f}
:: papermaking
papeterie {f}
:: papermaker
papeterie {f}
:: papeterie
papeterie {f}
:: stationery
papetier {m}
:: papermaker
papetier {m}
:: stationer
papetier {adj}
:: papermaking (attributive)
papetier {adj}
:: stationery (attributive)
Paphos {prop}
:: Paphos (town)
papi {m} [usually childish]
:: grandad , grandfather
papiamento {m}
:: the Papiamento language
papier {m}
:: paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets )
papier {m}
:: paper (official documents)
papier à mouches {m}
:: flypaper
papier à musique {m}
:: manuscript paper , music paper , staff paper
papier bulle {m}
:: bubble wrap
papier carbone {m}
:: carbon paper (sheet of paper used to make carbon copies)
papier collant {m} [chiefly Belgium]
:: sticky tape , adhesive tape , sellotape , Scotch tape
papier colle-mouches {m}
:: flypaper
papier de verre {m}
:: sandpaper
papier filtre {m}
:: filter paper
papier hygiénique {m} [rare]
:: toilet paper
papier mâché {m}
:: papier-mâché (paper mixed with glue used to create sculptures)
papier peint {m}
:: wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)
papier terrier {m} [historical]
:: terrier (property register)
papier toilette {m} [Europe]
:: toilet paper
papier tue-mouches {m}
:: flypaper
papilionacé {adj}
:: papilionaceous
papillaire {adj}
:: papillary
papille {f}
:: papilla
papille {f} [colloquial]
:: tastebud
papille gustative {f}
:: taste bud
papillon {m}
:: butterfly
papillon {m}
:: someone brilliant , versatile and inconstant
papillon {m}
:: something roughly in the shape of a butterfly
papillon {m}
:: knot Alsacian woman wearing a black papillon
papillon {m}
:: nut
papillon {m} [swimming]
:: butterfly stroke
papillon {m}
:: parking ticket
papillon de nuit {m}
:: moth
papillonner {vi}
:: to flit [from one to another]
papillotage {m}
:: blinking (of the eyes)
papillotage {m}
:: blurring (of the eyes caused by a brilliant image)
papillote {f}
:: Wrapper or packet for food during cooking, trapping steam to provide a most cooking or streaming environment, often made from aluminium foil or parchment paper
papillote {f}
:: Meal cooked in a packet, envelope, or pouch, often made from aluminium foil or parchment paper
papillote {f} [hair styling]
:: a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl
papillote {f}
:: curly hair obtained with this method; ringlets
papillote {f}
:: [in particular] curly sideburns , payot
papillote {f}
:: Vividly coloured paper wrap for crackers and other sweets
papillote {f}
:: sweet wrapped with a papillote
papilloter {vi}
:: to blink
papilloter {vi}
:: to flutter
papilloter {vi}
:: to flicker
papinade {f} [football]
:: A spectacular type of volley , struck at strange angles, characteristic of Jean-Pierre Papin
papisme {m}
:: papism , papistry
papiste {adj}
:: papist , papistic
papiste {mf}
:: papist
papite {f} [organic compound]
:: acrolein (when used as a poison gas in the First World War)
papotage {m}
:: chattering , chitchat , small talk
papoter {vi}
:: to chat , chatter
papou {adj}
:: Papuan
Papou {m}
:: Papuan , someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Papouasie {prop} {f}
:: Papua (island)
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée {prop} {f}
:: Papua New Guinea
Papoue {f}
:: feminine noun of Papou
papouille {f} [chiefly in the plural]
:: tickling
paprika {m}
:: paprika (powder used as a spice)
papy {m}
:: grandpa
papy boom {m}
:: The large increase in the number of retired people who were born in the baby boom generation
papy-boomer {m}
:: A retired person who was born during the baby boom
papyracé {adj}
:: papyraceous
papyrologie {f}
:: papyrology
papyrologique {adj}
:: papyrological
papyrologue {mf}
:: papyrologist
papyrus {m}
:: papyrus
pâque {f}
:: Passover , Easter
Pâque {prop} {f}
:: Passover (Jewish holiday )
Pâque {prop} {f}
:: Paschal Lamb
Pâque {prop} {f}
:: Passover (Christian holiday )
paquebot {m}
:: ship , liner
paquer {vt}
:: to pack (fish) in a box for transportation
pâquerette {f}
:: daisy
Pâques {prop} {fp}
:: Easter
paquet {m}
:: packet
paquet {m}
:: pack (of cards)
paquet {m}
:: parcel
paquet {m}
:: bundle (of clothes)
paquet {m} [rugby]
:: pack
paquet {m}
:: wad (of cash)
Paquet {prop}
:: surname
paquetage {m}
:: kit
paquetage {m}
:: package
paqueté {adj} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: drunk , wasted
Paquette {prop}
:: surname
par- {prefix}
:: per- (all meanings)
par {prep}
:: through
par {prep}
:: by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction))
par {prep}
:: over (used to express direction)
par {prep}
:: from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement)
par {prep}
:: around , round (inside of)
par {prep}
:: on (situated on, used in certain phrases)
par {prep}
:: on , at , in (used to denote a time when something occurs)
par {prep}
:: in
par {prep}
:: per , a , an
par {prep}
:: out of (used to describe the reason for something)
par {prep}
:: for
par {m} [golf]
:: par
para- {prefix}
:: para- [all senses]
para- {prefix}
:: para-
para-alpin {m}
:: para-alpine ; ellipsis of ski para-alpin
para-athlète {mf}
:: para-athlete
parabancaire {adj}
:: banking -related
parabanique {adj}
:: parabanic
parabase {f}
:: parabasis
parabellum {m}
:: parabellum (all senses)
parabène {m}
:: paraben
para biathlon {m}
:: alternative form of parabiathlon
para-biathlon {m}
:: alternative form of parabiathlon
parable {adj}
:: preventable (able to be or fit to be prevented)
parabole {f} [mathematics, physics]
:: parabola
parabole {f}
:: dish (antenna)
parabole {f} [literature]
:: parable
paraboler {v}
:: To move in a parabolic trajectory
paraboler {v}
:: To speak in parables
parabolicité {f}
:: parabolicity
parabolique {adj}
:: parabolic
paraboliquement {adv}
:: parabolically
paraboliser {v}
:: To parabolize
paraboloïdal {adj}
:: paraboloidal
paraboloïde {m}
:: paraboloid
paraboréen {adj}
:: synonym of hyperboréen
parabuée {adj}
:: anti- condensation , antimisting
Paracelse {prop} {m}
:: Paracelsus
paracelsien {adj}
:: Paracelsian
paracelsisme {m}
:: Paracelsism
paracelsiste {mf}
:: Paracelsist
paracentèse {f} [surgery]
:: paracentesis
paracentrique {adj}
:: paracentric
paracerque {m}
:: paracercus
paracétamol {m}
:: paracetamol , acetaminophen
parachevable {adj}
:: completable
parachevé {adj}
:: completed , finalized
parachèvement {m}
:: finalization
parachèvement {m}
:: completion
parachèvement {m}
:: perfection
parachever {vt}
:: to complete , finalize , perfect
parachi {m}
:: Parachi
parachronisme {m}
:: parachronism
parachutable {adj}
:: parachutable
parachutage {m}
:: parachuting
parachute {m}
:: parachute
parachute doré {m}
:: golden parachute
parachuter {v}
:: to parachute
parachuter un Sénégalais {v} [very, colloquial]
:: to take a dump , to drop a deuce
parachutisme {m}
:: parachuting , skydiving
parachutiste {mf}
:: parachutist
parachutiste {mf} [military]
:: paratrooper
paraclèse {f} [philosophy, theology]
:: paraclesis , paraklesis
paraclet {m} [Christianity, theology]
:: paraclete (an advocate, especially the Holy Spirit)
paraclétique {adj}
:: paracletic
paraclimacique {adj} [ecology]
:: paraclimactic
paraclimax {m} [ecology]
:: paraclimax
paraclinique {adj}
:: paraclinical
paracmastique {adj}
:: paracmastic
paracolois {adj}
:: Of or from fr
Paracolois {m}
:: A native or inhabitant of fr
Paracoloise {f}
:: feminine singular of Paracolois
paracompacité {f} [topology]
:: paracompactness
paracompact {adj} [topology]
:: paracompact
paraconide {m}
:: paraconid
paracorole {f} [botany]
:: paracorolla
paracorolle {f} [botany]
:: paracorolla
par à-coups {adv}
:: in fits and starts
paracousie {f}
:: paracusis
par acquit de conscience {adv}
:: just in case , just to be on the safe side , for (some)one's peace of mind , just to set (some)one's mind at rest , out of principle
paracuta {m}
:: barracuda
paracyanogène {m}
:: paracyanogen
paracyésie {f} [pathology]
:: paracyesis , ectopic pregnancy
paradactyle {m} [ornithology]
:: paradactyl
parader {v}
:: flaunt , strut , show off (to display with ostentation)
paradeur {m}
:: braggart
paradeur {m}
:: showoff
paradeuse {f}
:: feminine singular of paradeur
paradichlorobenzène {m} [organic compound]
:: paradichlorobenzene
paradigmatique {adj}
:: paradigmatic
paradigmatisme {m} [philosophy]
:: paradigmaticism
paradigme {m}
:: paradigm (model or example)
paradis {m}
:: paradise (somewhere perfect)
paradis {m} [religion]
:: Heaven
paradis {m}
:: gods (The highest platform, or upper circle, in an auditorium)
Paradis {prop} {m}
:: Paradise (Heaven)
Paradis {prop} {m}
:: surname
paradis fiscal {m}
:: tax haven (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses)
paradisiaque {adj}
:: paradisiacal
paradisiaque {adj}
:: heavenly
paradisier {m}
:: bird of paradise
Paradou {prop}
:: A small town in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
paradounais {adj}
:: Of or from Paradou
Paradounais {m}
:: A native or inhabitant of Paradou
Paradounaise {f}
:: feminine singular of Paradounais
paradoxal {adj}
:: paradoxical
paradoxalement {adv}
:: paradoxically
paradoxe {m}
:: paradox
paradoxer {v}
:: To create paradoxes
paraedrite {m} [mineral]
:: synonym of rutile
parænese {f}
:: obsolete form of parénèse
parænetique {adj}
:: obsolete form of parénétique
paraétatique {adj}
:: parastatal
parafe {m}
:: alternative form of paraphe
parafer {vt}
:: alternative form of parapher
paraffinage {m}
:: paraffining
paraffiné {adj}
:: waxed
paraffiner {v}
:: To paraffin
paraffinique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: paraffinic , aliphatic
parafinique {adj}
:: alternative form of paraffinique
parafiscal {adj} [of taxation]
:: indirect
parafiscal {adj} [economics]
:: parafiscal
parafiscalité {f}
:: indirect taxation
paraformaldéhyde {m} [organic compound]
:: paraformaldehyde
parafoudre {m}
:: lightning conductor
paragangliome {f} [pathology]
:: paraganglioma
parage {m}
:: parage (social rank)
parage {m} [plural only]
:: environs , surroundings
paragenèse {f} [geology]
:: paragenesis
paragénèse {f}
:: alternative form of paragenèse
parageustie {f}
:: parageusia
paraglosse {f}
:: paraglossa
paragogique {adj}
:: paragogic
paragouvernemental {adj}
:: paragovernmental
paragrammatisme {m}
:: synonym of allitération
paragraphe {m}
:: paragraph
paragrêle {m}
:: A shelter to protect crops etc from hail
Paraguay {prop} {m}
:: Paraguay (country)
paraguayen {adj}
:: Paraguayan
Paraguayen {m}
:: Paraguayan
Paraguayenne {f}
:: feminine noun of Paraguayen
para hockey {m}
:: alternative form of para-hockey
para-hockey {m}
:: parahockey
para-hockey {m}
:: ellipsis of para-hockey sur glace
para-hockey {m}
:: synonym of hockey sur luge
parahockey {m}
:: alternative form of para-hockey
para hockey sur glace {m}
:: alternative spelling of para-hockey sur glace
para-hockey sur glace {m}
:: para ice hockey
para-hockey sur glace {m}
:: synonym of hockey sur luge
parahockey sur glace {m}
:: alternative spelling of para-hockey sur glace
paraige {m}
:: A hereditary ruling class in Metz in the Middle Ages
par ailleurs {adv}
:: besides , additionally , furthermore , what's more
paraison {f}
:: parison
paraitre {v}
:: alternative spelling of paraître
paraître {v}
:: to appear (become visible)
paraître {v} [usually in passive]
:: to be published
paraître {v}
:: to appear , to seem
paraître {m}
:: appearance
parajuriste {m} [legal]
:: paralegal
parakératose {f} [pathology]
:: parakeratosis
paralactique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: paralactic
paralampsie {f}
:: paralampsis
paralangage {m}
:: paralanguage (non-verbal communication)
paralarve {f}
:: paralarva
paralaurionite {f} [mineral]
:: paralaurionite
paralbumine {f}
:: paralbumin
paraldéhyde {m} [organic compound]
:: paraldehyde
paralégal {adj}
:: paralegal
paralégal {m}
:: paralegal
paralipse {f}
:: paralipsis
paralique {adj}
:: paralic
paralittérature {f}
:: paraliterature
parallactique {adj}
:: parallactic
parallactiquement {adv}
:: parallactically
parallaxe {f}
:: parallax
parallèle {adj} [geometry]
:: parallel
parallèle {f}
:: parallel line
parallèle {m}
:: parallel; comparison
parallèle {m}
:: latitude
parallèlement {adv}
:: parallelly
parallélépipède {m} [geometry]
:: parallelepiped
parallélépipédique {adj}
:: parallelepipedic
parallélépipèdique {adj}
:: parallelepipedic
parallélipipède {m}
:: alternative form of parallélépipède
parallélique {adj}
:: parallelistic
parallélisation {f}
:: parallelization
parallèlisation {f}
:: alternative form of parallélisation
paralléliser {v}
:: To parallelize
parallélisme {m}
:: parallelism (state or condition of being parallel)
parallélogrammatique {adj}
:: parallelogrammatic
parallélogramme {m}
:: parallelogram
parallélographe {m}
:: parallelograph
paralogie {f}
:: paralogy , paralogism
paralogique {adj}
:: paralogical
paralogisme {m}
:: paralogism
paralympien {m} [sport]
:: Paralympian (male)
paralympienne {f}
:: feminine noun of paralympien
paralympique {adj}
:: Paralympic
Paralympiques {prop}
:: Paralympics ; ellipsis of Jeux paralympiques
paralysant {adj}
:: crippling
paralysant {adj}
:: paralyzing
paralysateur {adj}
:: paralyzing
paralysateur {adj}
:: crippling
paralyser {v}
:: to paralyse / paralyze
paralysie {f}
:: paralysis
paralysie cérébrale {f} [pathology]
:: cerebral palsy
paralytique {adj}
:: paralytic
paramagnétique {adj} [physics]
:: paramagnetic
paramagnétisme {m} [physics]
:: paramagnetism
paramakan {m}
:: Paramaccan (language)
paramakan {adj}
:: Paramaccan
paramaléate {m} [organic chemistry]
:: paramaleate
paramaléique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: paramaleic
paramécie {f} [zoology]
:: paramecium
paramédical {adj}
:: paramedical
paramentique {f}
:: parament
paramentique {f}
:: vestment
paramésonéphrotique {adj} [anatomy]
:: paramesonephrotic
paramétrable {adj}
:: configurable , customizable , parametrizable
paramétrage {m}
:: parameterization
paramétrage {m}
:: setup , configuration
paramètre {m}
:: parameter
paramétrer {v} [computing]
:: to configure
paramétrique {adj}
:: parametric
paramétrisation {f}
:: parametrisation
paramilitaire {adj}
:: paramilitary
paramilitaire {m}
:: paramilitary (a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion)
paramilitarisme {m}
:: paramilitarism
paramnésie {f}
:: paramnesia
paramorphose {f} [geology]
:: paramorphism
paramoteur {m}
:: paramotor
paramucique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: paramucic
paramutation {f} [genetics]
:: paramutation
paranan {m}
:: Paranan / Palanan
paranatellon {m}
:: paranatellon
paranatellonique {adj}
:: paranatellon (attributive)
paranéoptère {m}
:: Any louse of the clade Paraneoptera
parangon {m}
:: paragon , standard (model or pattern)
parangoner {v}
:: alternative form of parangonner
parangonner {v}
:: to paragon
parano {adj} [colloquial]
:: paranoid
parano {mf} [colloquial]
:: a paranoid person
parano {f} [colloquial]
:: paranoia
paranoïa {f}
:: paranoia
paranoïaque {adj}
:: paranoid
paranoïaque {adj} [medicine]
:: related to paranoia
paranoïaque {mf}
:: a paranoid person
paranoïde {adj}
:: paranoid
paranoïde {mf}
:: paranoid person
paranomase {f}
:: obsolete form of paronomase
para nordique {m} [skiing]
:: para-nordic ; ellipsis of ski para-nordique
para-nordique {m} [skiing]
:: para-nordic ; ellipsis of ski para-nordique
paranordique {m} [skiing]
:: para-nordic ; ellipsis of ski para-nordique
paranormal {adj}
:: paranormal
paranthrope {mf}
:: Any primate of the genus Paranthropus
paranymphe {m}
:: paranymph
parapectine {f}
:: parapectin
parapegme {m}
:: parapegma
parapente {m}
:: paraglider
parapente {m}
:: paragliding
parapentiste {mf}
:: paraglider (one who paraglides)
parapet {m}
:: parapet
parapétrolier {adj}
:: oil delivery / services (attributive)
parapharmacie {f}
:: pharmacy , chemist's (UK ) / drugstore (US )
paraphe {m}
:: paraph
paraphe {m}
:: initials
paraphénylènediamine {f} [organic compound]
:: paraphenylenediamine
parapher {vt}
:: to sign or initial a document
paraphernal {adj}
:: paraphernal
paraphernalité {f} [legal]
:: paraphernality
parapheur {m}
:: parafor ; a folder containing correspondence to be signed - a word yet to be invented in English. (The "Office québécois de la langue française" suggests "signature book", but this is a book used by people who collect signatures)
paraphilie {f}
:: paraphilia
paraphrasable {adj}
:: paraphrasable
paraphraser {v}
:: paraphrase (to compose a paraphrase)
paraphraseur {m}
:: paraphraser
paraphraseuse {f}
:: feminine singular of paraphraseur
paraphraste {m}
:: paraphrast
paraphrastique {adj}
:: paraphrastic
paraphylétique {adj} [systematics]
:: paraphyletic (excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor)
paraphylie {f} [systematics]
:: paraphyly
paraphyse {f}
:: paraphysis
paraplégie {f} [pathology]
:: paraplegia (paralysed condition)
paraplégique {adj}
:: paraplegic
paraplégique {mf}
:: paraplegic
parapleure {f}
:: parapleura
paraplexie {f}
:: synonym of paraplégie
parapluie {m}
:: umbrella for rain
parapode {m}
:: parapodium
par après {adv} [Belgium]
:: subsequently , thereafter , afterwards , later
parapsychique {adj}
:: parapsychic
parapsychologie {f}
:: parapsychology (study of that which cannot yet be explained)
parapsychologique {adj}
:: parapsychological
parapsychologue {mf}
:: parapsychologist
paraptère {m}
:: parapterum
parapublic {adj} [economics]
:: Having capital in both the public and private sectors
parareligieux {adj}
:: parareligious
pararickettsie {f}
:: synonym of chlamydie
pararthrème {m}
:: subluxation
parasange {f}
:: parasang
parascève {f}
:: Parasceve
Parascève {prop}
:: given name, Paraskevi
parascolaire {adj}
:: extracurricular
parasélène {mf}
:: paraselene , moon dog
parasexualité {f}
:: parasexuality
parasexuel {adj}
:: parasexual
parasismique {adj}
:: paraseismic
parasitaire {adj}
:: parasitic , parasitical
parasitairement {adv}
:: parasitically
parasite {m}
:: a parasite
parasite {adj}
:: parasitic
parasité {adj}
:: parasitized
parasitémie {f} [pathology]
:: parasitemia
parasiter {v}
:: To parasitize
parasitiforme {m}
:: parasitiform
parasitique {adj}
:: parasitic
parasitiquement {adv}
:: parasitically
parasitisme {m}
:: parasitism
parasitoïde {m}
:: parasitoid
parasitologie {f}
:: parasitology
parasitologique {adj}
:: parasitological
parasitologiste {mf}
:: synonym of parasitologue
parasitologue {mf}
:: parasitologist
parasitose {f} [pathology]
:: parasitosis
paraskevidékatriaphobie {f}
:: paraskavedekatriaphobia
para ski {m}
:: alternative spelling of paraski
para-ski {m}
:: alternative spelling of paraski
paraski {m}
:: paraskiing
paraski {m}
:: kitesurfing
para ski de fond {m}
:: alternative spelling of para-ski de fond
para-ski de fond {m}
:: para cross-country skiing ; a disability sport , an adapted version of cross-country skiing (ski de fond )
paraski de fond {m}
:: alternative spelling of para-ski de fond
parasol {m}
:: A large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun
parasomnie {f} [pathology]
:: parasomnia
parasport {m}
:: parasport
parasportif {adj}
:: parasport (attributive)
parassien {adj}
:: Of or from Parassy
Parassy {prop}
:: A commune in the Cher department of Centre
parastatal {adj}
:: parastatal
para surf des neiges {m}
:: alternative spelling of para-surf des neiges
para-surf des neiges {m}
:: parasnowboarding ; a parasport , an adapted form of snowboarding for the disabled
parasurf des neiges {m}
:: alternative spelling of para-surf des neiges
parasurtenseur {m}
:: surge protector
parasympathicomimétique {adj}
:: parasympathomimetic
parasympathique {adj}
:: parasympathetic
parasympathomimétique {adj}
:: parasympathomimetic
parasynonyme {m}
:: parasynonym
parasynonymie {f}
:: parasynonymy
parasynthèse {f}
:: parasynthesis
parasynthétique {adj}
:: parasynthetic
Parat {prop}
:: surname
parataxe {f} [grammar]
:: parataxis
paratélique {adj}
:: paratelic
paratexte {m}
:: paratext
paratextualité {f}
:: paratextuality
parathlète {mf}
:: parathlete ; alternative form of para-athlète
parathormone {f}
:: parathyroid hormone
parathyroïde {f}
:: parathyroid
parathyroïdie {f} [anatomy]
:: parathyroid (gland)
parathyroïdien {adj}
:: parathyroid (attributive)
paratomie {f} [biology]
:: paratomy
paratomique {adj} [biology]
:: paratomic
paratonnerre {m}
:: lightning rod
parâtre {m}
:: stepfather , father-in-law (especially an evil one)
paratuberculeux {adj} [biology]
:: paratuberculous
paratuberculose {f}
:: paratuberculosis
paratyphoïde {f} [pathology]
:: paratyphoid
parauk {m}
:: Parauk
paraussien {adj}
:: Of or from Saint-Louis-et-Parahou
Paraussien {m}
:: A native or inhabitant of Saint-Louis-et-Parahou
paravalanche {m}
:: snow fence
paravent {m}
:: folding screen
paraxonique {adj}
:: paraxonic
paraysien {adj}
:: Of or from Paray-Vieille-Poste
paraysien {adj}
:: Of or from Paray-le-Frésil
Paraysien {m}
:: Native or inhabitant of Paray-Vieille-Poste
Paraysien {m}
:: Native or inhabitant of Paray-le-Frésil
Paraysienne {f}
:: feminine singular of Paraysien
parazois {adj}
:: Of or from Paraza
parbleu {interj} [archaic]
:: by Jove ; gadzooks
par bonheur {adv}
:: luckily , fortunately
parc {m}
:: park
parc {m}
:: playpen (for children)
parc {m}
:: pen (for animals)
parc {m}
:: (total) number ; stock (de (of))
parc aquatique {m}
:: water park , aquapark
parc aux petits {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French]
:: a Cajun dancing room
parc d'attraction {m}
:: alternative spelling of parc d'attractions
parc d'attractions {m}
:: amusement park , holiday park , fun park
parce {prep}
:: only used in parce que
parcellaire {adj}
:: Of or pertaining to parcels or plots (of land etc)
parcelle {f}
:: parcel (piece of land)
parcellisation {f}
:: fragmentation
parcellisation {f}
:: parcelling out
parcelliser {vt}
:: to parcel out
parce que {conj}
:: because
parceque {conj} [obsolete]
:: for parce que
parc fermé {m}
:: A park which is closed , or with restricted entry
parc fermé {m} [motor racing]
:: A secure car park where competing cars must be left, for example during rest periods, and where no maintenance, repairs, or enhancements may be carried out
par chance {adv}
:: luckily , fortunately
parchemin {m}
:: parchment (material)
parcheminé {adj}
:: wrinkled
parcheminé {adj}
:: papery
parcimonie {f}
:: parsimony (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
parcimonieusement {adv}
:: parsimoniously
parcimonieux {adj}
:: parsimonious
par-ci, par-là {adv}
:: here and there
parcmètre {m}
:: parking meter
parc naturel {m}
:: nature reserve , natural reserve
par cœur {adv}
:: by heart , by rote
parcomètre {m}
:: parking meter
par conséquent {adv}
:: consequently , as a result , thus
par contre {adv} [idiomatic]
:: on the other hand (from another point of view); however
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}
:: route , course
parcours {m}
:: career
parcours {m} [historical]
:: a traditional roaming or grazing right
parcours {m} [golf]
:: round ; course
parcours de santé {m} [figuratively]
:: a walk in the park
parcours du combattant {m}
:: assault course , obstacle course
parcours du combattant {m} [figuratively]
:: painful and strenuous experience; hassle
parcouru {adj}
:: browsed , skimmed
par défaut {adv}
:: by default
par-delà {prep}
:: beyond , across
pardelle {f}
:: Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus
par-dessous la jambe {adv}
:: alternative form of par-dessus la jambe
par-dessus {prep}
:: over (the top of)
pardessus {m}
:: overcoat (garment)
par-dessus bord {adv}
:: overboard
par-dessus la jambe {adv} [colloquial]
:: slipshodly , slapdash , offhandedly , in an offhand manner , rushedly
par-dessus le marché {adv} [colloquial]
:: into the bargain , to boot , on top of that , no less , if you please
pardi {interj} [dated]
:: (yes,) obviously ! (yes,) for God's sake ! (yes,) of course !
pardieu {interj} [dated]
:: by God
pardon {interj}
:: excuse me
pardon {interj}
:: sorry
pardon {m}
:: pardon , forgiveness
pardonnable {adj}
:: pardonable
pardonner {v}
:: to pardon , forgive
pardonner {vt}
:: to excuse
paré {adj}
:: ready , prepared , all set
paréage {m}
:: A feudal treaty recognising joint sovereignty over a territory by two rulers
pare-balle {adj}
:: bulletproof
pare-brise {m}
:: windscreen (UK ), windshield (US )
pare-choc {m}
:: bumper [UK], fender [US]
pare-chocs {m}
:: bumper [UK], fender [US]
pare-feu {m}
:: fireguard
pare-feu {m}
:: (in forest) firebreak
pare-feu {m} [computing, Internet]
:: firewall
paréidolie {f}
:: pareidolia
paréidolien {adj}
:: pareidolic
pareil {adj}
:: such
pareil {adj}
:: like , alike , same
pareillement {adv}
:: likewise ; in the same way; equally
pareillement {adv}
:: too ; also
parélie {f}
:: alternative form of parhélie
parement {m} [construction, clothing]
:: facing
parement {m} [ecclesiastical]
:: liturgical paraphernalia
parenchymateux {adj} [biology]
:: parenchymatous
parenchymateux {adj} [medicine]
:: parenchymal
parenchyme {m}
:: parenchyma
par endroits {adv}
:: in places , at places , here and there
parénèse {f} [religion]
:: parenesis
parénétique {adj}
:: parenetic , parenetical
parent {m}
:: relative , relation , family member
parent {m} [Louisiana French, singular]
:: parent
parent {m} [in the plural]
:: ancestors
parent {m} [in the plural]
:: parents
parent {adj}
:: related
parent {adj}
:: similar
Parent {prop}
:: surname
parental {adj}
:: parental
parentalité {f}
:: parenthood
parente {f}
:: feminine noun of parent
parenté {f}
:: kinship
parentèle {f}
:: relative , relation
parentèle {f}
:: (collectively ) kin , relatives
parentèle {f}
:: (biology , inheritance ) parentela
parentéral {adj}
:: parenteral
parentéralement {adv}
:: parenterally
parenthèse {f}
:: a parenthesis , a digression
parenthèse {f}
:: either of a pair of round brackets
parent pauvre {m} [with the definite article le ]
:: poor relation
parer {v}
:: to adorn ; to bedeck
parer {v}
:: to fend off
parer {v} [fencing]
:: to parry
parer {vr}
:: to get dressed up (in one's finest clothes)
parer au plus pressé {v}
:: to take care of the most important things first, to attend to what is most urgent , to deal with the most pressing matter first
par erreur {adv}
:: by mistake , in error , erroneously , mistakenly
parésie {f}
:: paresis (partial paralysis)
paresse {f}
:: laziness
paresser {vt}
:: to laze about ; loaf
paresseusement {adv}
:: lazily
paresseusement {adv}
:: sluggishly
paresseux {adj}
:: lazy
paresseux {m}
:: lazy person; slacker
paresseux {m}
:: a sloth
par ex. {adv}
:: abbreviation of par exemple
par excellence {adj}
:: par excellence , quintessential , ultimate
par exemple {adv}
:: for example , for instance
par exemple {adv} [Quebec]
:: on the other hand
parfaire {v} [literary]
:: to finish , to complete
parfaire {v}
:: to make a supplementary payment
parfait {adj}
:: perfect (exactly right)
parfait {m} [grammar]
:: perfect tense
parfaitement {adv}
:: perfectly
parfois {adv}
:: sometimes
parfum {m}
:: perfume (scented toiletry )
parfum {m}
:: scent , desirable smell
parfum {m}
:: flavour , aroma , taste (e.g., of ice cream )
parfumé {adj}
:: perfumed
parfumer {v}
:: to perfume (to apply a scent)
parfumerie {f}
:: perfumery (shop selling perfumes)
parfumerie {f}
:: perfumery (perfume products)
parfumerie {f}
:: perfume industry ; the art of perfume
parfumeur {m}
:: perfumer (maker of perfumes)
parfumeur {m}
:: perfumer (someone who sells perfumes)
parfumeuse {f}
:: feminine singular of parfumeur
par hasard {adv}
:: at random , by chance
par hasard {adv}
:: by any chance
parhélie {f}
:: parhelion (bright spot in the sky due to refraction of the sun by ice crystals)
pari {m}
:: wager , bet
pari {m}
:: gamble , risk
paria {mf}
:: pariah
pariage {m}
:: A feudal association between a (typically ecclesiastical) lord and a more powerful one
par ici {adv}
:: over here , here (to this place)
par ici {adv}
:: around here
parier {v}
:: to bet (make a guess about the outcome of an event)
pariétaire {f}
:: pellitory , lichwort (Parietaria officinalis
pariétal {adj}
:: parietal
pariétine {f}
:: parietin
pariétopleure {f} [anatomy]
:: synonym of somatopleure
parieur {m}
:: gambler
parieuse {f}
:: feminine noun of parieur
parigot {adj} [colloquial, pejorative]
:: Parisian
Parigot {m} [colloquial]
:: Parisian
Parigote {f}
:: feminine noun of Parigot
pari mutuel {m}
:: pari-mutuel
Paris {prop} {mf} {m}
:: Paris (caplc)
Paris {prop} {mf} {m}
:: Paris (department)
Pariseau {prop}
:: surname
parisien {adj}
:: Parisian ; relating to Paris or its inhabitants
Parisien {m}
:: Parisian (someone from Paris)
parisienne {f} [printing, dated]
:: A small size of type , standardized as 5 point
Parisienne {f}
:: Parisienne
parisis {adj}
:: As minted in Paris
Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour {proverb}
:: Rome wasn't built in a day
Parisome {prop} {f}
:: The genus Parisoma: formerly one of the genera of warblers , in family Sylviidae , but now often taken to be a superspecies within genus Sylvia
Parisot {prop}
:: surname
paritaire {adj}
:: parity , equality (attributive)
paritaire {adj}
:: egalitarian
parité {f}
:: equality , parity
parité de pouvoir d'achat {f} [economics]
:: purchasing power parity
Parizeau {prop}
:: Parizeau (surname)
parjure {m}
:: forswearing , abjuration
parjure {m}
:: betrayal , disloyalty , treachery
parjure {m}
:: betrayer , traitor , disloyal person
parjurer {v}
:: to forswear , abjure
parker {vt} [Quebec]
:: to park (a vehicle)
parking {m}
:: car park
parkinsonien {adj}
:: parkinsonian , Parkinsonian
parkour {m}
:: Free running , parkour
par là {adv}
:: over there
par là {adv}
:: (by extension) by that, that way
parlabilité {f}
:: speakability
parlable {adj} [of a person]
:: reasonable
par la force des choses {adv}
:: by force of circumstances , inevitably
parlant {adj}
:: telling , eloquent
par la suite {adv}
:: subsequently , thereafter , afterwards , later
parlé {adj}
:: colloquial
parle à ma main {phrase} [colloquial]
:: talk to the hand
par le biais de {prep}
:: by way of , by means of , with
par le biais de {prep}
:: through , with the help of, thanks to
parlement {m}
:: parliament
parlementaire {adj}
:: parliamentary
parlementairement {adv}
:: parliamentarily
parlementarisme {m}
:: parliamentarism (parliamentary government)
parlementer {v}
:: to negotiate , discuss , argue things over
Parlement européen {prop} {m}
:: European Parliament
par le menu {adv} [colloquial]
:: in detail , in minute detail , with all the ins and outs
par le passé {adv}
:: in the past
parler {vi}
:: to speak , talk
parler {vt}
:: to be able to communicate in a language; to speak
parler {v} [heraldry]
:: to cant ; (of a coat of arms ) to make a pun of its bearer's name
parler {m}
:: parlance
parler à travers son chapeau {v} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: to talk through one's hat
parler à un mur {v} [figuratively]
:: to speak to someone who doesn't listen
parler chiffons {v} [colloquial]
:: to talk about fashion , to talk clothes ; to engage in girl talk ; to chew the rag
parler dans sa barbe {v} [figuratively]
:: to talk under one's breath , to mutter , to mumble
parler de corde dans la maison d'un pendu {v} [figuratively]
:: (to broach a sensitive topic in an inappropriate setting, where that topic is taboo; to be completely tactless )
parler de la pluie et du beau temps {v}
:: to make small talk , to chit-chat
parler de soi-même {v}
:: to speak for oneself
parler de tout et de rien {v}
:: to make small talk , to chit-chat
parler entre ses dents {v} [figuratively]
:: to talk under one's breath , to mutter , to mumble
parler français comme une vache espagnole {v} [simile, colloquial]
:: to speak French poorly
parler pour ne rien dire {v}
:: to talk for the sake of talking, to waffle , to blow smoke
parles-tu anglais {phrase} [colloquial]
:: do you speak English ?
parleur {adj}
:: talkative
parleur {m}
:: speaker (someone who speaks)
parleuse {f}
:: feminine noun of parleur
parlez-vous anglais {phrase} [formal]
:: do you speak English ?
parlez-vous français {phrase}
:: do you speak French ?
parloir {m}
:: parlour (of house, covent)
parloir {m}
:: visitors' room (of hospital, school); visiting room (of prison)
parloir {m}
:: greenroom (in theatre etc.)
parloir aux bourgeois {m} [archaic]
:: guild-hall , town hall
parlote {f}
:: chitchat
parloteur {m}
:: chatterer
parloteuse {f}
:: feminine noun of parloteur
parlure {f}
:: parlance , turn of phrase
par malheur {adv}
:: by mischance , unluckily , unfortunately
parme {m}
:: mauve (colour)
parme {m}
:: Parma ham , prosciutto
Parme {prop}
:: Parma , city in Italy
Parme {prop}
:: Parma , province of Italy
par mégarde {adv}
:: inadvertently ; accidentally ; by mistake
Parménas {prop}
:: Parmenas
Parménide {prop} {m}
:: Parmenides
parmentier {m}
:: mashed potato
parmesan {adj}
:: Parmesan (from Parma)
parmesan {m}
:: Parmesan (cheese)
parmi {prep}
:: among , amongst
parmi {prep}
:: amid , amidst
par monts et par vaux {adv} [figuratively, colloquial]
:: up hill and down dale
Parnasse {prop} {m}
:: Parnassus (Greek mountain)
Parnasse {prop} {m}
:: Parnassianism , 19th century literary movement
parnuire {vi}
:: to sleep over
paro {adj} [slang]
:: neurotic
parodie {f}
:: parody
parodier {v}
:: to parody
parodique {adj}
:: parodic
parodiquement {adv}
:: parodically
parodonte {m} [anatomy]
:: periodontium
paroi {f} [anatomy, botany]
:: wall
paroi {f}
:: inner wall , inside surface (of receptacle etc. )
paroi {f}
:: side (of bathtub etc. )
paroisse {f}
:: parish
paroissial {adj}
:: parochial , [attributive] parish
paroissien {m}
:: parishioner
paroissienne {f}
:: feminine noun of paroissien
parole {f}
:: utterance , expression (a unit of discourse, firstly oral)
parole {f}
:: voice , spoken word
parole {f} [in the plural]
:: lyrics , words (of a song)
parole {f}
:: promise , word
parole {f}
:: floor ; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Parole {prop}
:: Word
parole de scout {interj} [colloquial]
:: pinky swear , pinky promise , cross my heart , Scout's honor
parole d'évangile {f} [figuratively]
:: gospel truth , gospel , holy writ
parole d'Évangile {f}
:: alternative spelling of parole d'évangile
parole d'honneur {interj}
:: you have my word ! upon my word ! cross my heart !
parole d'honneur {f}
:: word of honor , promise , word
paroli {m} [game]
:: a double stake
parolier {m}
:: lyricist
parolière {f}
:: feminine noun of parolier
paronomase {f}
:: paronomasia
paronyme {f}
:: almost homonym
par opposition à {prep}
:: as opposed to
parotide {adj}
:: parotid
parotide {f} [anatomy]
:: parotid (gland)
parotidectomie {f} [surgery]
:: parotidectomy
parotidien {adj} [anatomy]
:: parotid
parotique {adj} [anatomy]
:: parotic
paroxysme {m} [medical]
:: paroxysm (sudden recurrence of a disease)
paroxysme {m} [figurative]
:: height , peak
paroxystique {adj}
:: paroxysmal
parpaing {m}
:: perpend stone, through stone
parpaing {m} [metonymy]
:: breeze-block (building block)
parpaing {adj}
:: through (stone, ashlar)
par parenthèse {adv}
:: parenthetically
par pitié {interj}
:: please , pray , for pity's sake , mercy , have mercy , for the love of God , for God's sake , I beg you
par principe {adv}
:: out of principle , on principle , as a matter of principle
par principe {adv}
:: just in case
parquer {vt}
:: to pen , corral
parquer {vt}
:: to park
parquet {m}
:: parquet (floor)
parquet {m} [legal, with definite article]
:: the prosecution
parqueter {vt}
:: to lay a parquet floor
parrain {m} [religion]
:: godfather
parrain {m}
:: namer , christener (of a ship)
parrain {m}
:: sponsor , proposer ; patron
parrainage {m}
:: patronage
parrainage {m}
:: sponsorship , promotion
parrainage {m}
:: christening , naming
parrainer {v}
:: to mentor
parrainer {v}
:: to sponsor
par rapport à {prep}
:: in relation to
par rapport à {prep}
:: compared to
parricide {m}
:: parricide (someone who kills a relative, especially a parent)
parricide {m}
:: parricide , murder of one's close relative
parrilla {m}
:: grill , barbeque (equipment)
parsemable {adj}
:: sprinklable, scatterable
parsemer {vt}
:: to sprinkle , scatter , strew (de
parsemer {vt}
:: to be scattered or strewn over
par suite de {conj}
:: as a result of, due to
part {f}
:: share
part {f}
:: portion , part , slice
part {f}
:: proportion
part {m}
:: newborn
partage {m}
:: sharing (act of sharing)
partagé {adj}
:: conflicted , undecided , unsure
partager {v}
:: to share
partager {v}
:: to divide up
partager {v}
:: to divide
partager {v}
:: to share out
partageur {m}
:: sharer (one who shares, especially willingly)
partageuse {f}
:: feminine singular of partageur
partageux {m}
:: synonym of partageur
partance {f}
:: leaving
partant {m}
:: runner , starter [in a foot race or horse race]
partant {m}
:: a person who is leaving or departing
partant {adj}
:: leaving , ready to leave
partant {adj} [colloquial]
:: down , up for , game , keen , available
partant {conj} [archaic, literary]
:: consequently , therefore
part de marché {m}
:: market share
part du gâteau {f} [figuratively]
:: piece of the pie , slice of the pie
part du lion {f}
:: lion's share (a generous portion)
partenaire {mf}
:: partner
partenarial {adj}
:: associative , as a partner
partenariat {m}
:: partnership
partenariat civil {m}
:: civil partnership
partenariat enregistré {m}
:: registered partnership , civil union (legal union between gay and lesbian couples in Switzerland )
par terre {adv}
:: on the ground
par terre {adj}
:: on the ground
parterre {m}
:: part of a garden that is divided into flowerbeds
parterre {m}
:: the part of a theater between the stalls and the rear
parterre {m} [by extension]
:: the members of a theater audience seated in the parterre
parterre {m} [by analogy]
:: an assembly or group of people
parthe {adj}
:: Parthian (relating to Parthia)
parthénogenèse {f} [biology]
:: parthenogenesis
parthénogénèse {f}
:: alternative form of parthénogenèse
parthénogénétique {adj} [biology]
:: parthenogenetic
parthénogénétiquement {adv}
:: parthenogenetically
parthénote {m} [biology]
:: parthenote
Parthie {prop} {f}
:: Parthia
parti {adj} [heraldry]
:: divided into two equal parts vertically, per pale; said of an escutcheon
parti {m} [politics]
:: party
parti {m}
:: parti
parti {m}
:: course of action
partial {adj}
:: partial , biased
partialement {adv}
:: in a biased manner
partialité {f}
:: partiality , bias
participant {m}
:: participant
participante {f}
:: feminine noun of participant
participatif {adj}
:: participatory
participation {f}
:: participation
participationniste {mf}
:: participant
participativement {adv}
:: participatively
participe {m}
:: participle
participe passé {m}
:: past participle
participe présent {m}
:: present participle
participer {vi}
:: To participate (in = à)
participer {vi}
:: To donate (to = à)
participial {adj}
:: participial
participialement {adv}
:: participially
Parti conservateur {prop} [Canadian politics]
:: Conservative Party or Conservative party
particulaire {adj}
:: particulate
particulaire {adj} [physics]
:: particle (attributive)
particulariser {v}
:: To particularise
particularisme {m}
:: particularism ; quirk
particulariste {m}
:: particularist
particularité {f}
:: oddity , particularity
particule {f} [particle, grammar]
:: particle
particule élémentaire {f} [particle]
:: elementary particle
particulier {adj}
:: particular
particulier {adj}
:: peculiar
particulier {m}
:: an individual; a specified person
particulièrement {adv}
:: particularly , specifically
particulièrement {adv}
:: especially
particulièrement {adv}
:: in particular
partidaire {adj}
:: partisan , party political
partie {f}
:: part (portion, amount)
partie {f} [legal]
:: party
partie {f}
:: game , play (sense "the conduct, or course of a game")
partie de jambes en l'air {f} [figuratively, colloquial]
:: horizontal dancing , a roll in the hay
partie de plaisir {f} [colloquial]
:: cake walk , piece of cake , bed of roses
partie du discours {f}
:: part of speech
partie émergée de l'iceberg {f} [figuratively]
:: tip of the iceberg
partie fine {f} [euphemistic]
:: orgy
partie intégrante {f}
:: part and parcel of
partiel {adj}
:: partial (part, no full)
partiel {m}
:: overtone (harmonic)
partiel {m} [France, colloquial]
:: midterm exam
partiellement {adv}
:: partially , in part
partie prenante {f}
:: stakeholder ; interested party
partie visible de l'iceberg {f} [figuratively]
:: tip of the iceberg
parti politique {m}
:: political party (political organization)
parti pris {m}
:: alternative form of parti-pris
parti-pris {m}
:: bias
Parti Québécois {prop} {m} [Canadian politics]
:: a separatist left-leaning Québec political party
partir {vt} [obsolete]
:: to share , to share out , to divide
partir {vi}
:: to go away , leave , depart
partir {vi}
:: to originate
partir {vi} [euphemistic]
:: to die
partir {vi} [figuratively]
:: to emanate
partir {vt} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: to start
partir à la dérive {vi}
:: drift , go adrift
partir à vau-l'eau {vi}
:: to go downhill , to go down the drain , to go awry , to go pear-shaped
partir du mauvais pied {v} [idiomatic]
:: To start off on the wrong foot
partir en couille {vi} [vulgar]
:: to go awry , to hit the fan , to go to shit
partir en fumée {vi} [figuratively]
:: to go up in smoke
partir en sucette {vi} [colloquial]
:: to go awry , to hit the fan , to go pear-shaped
partir en vrille {vi} [colloquial]
:: to go awry , to hit the fan , to go pear-shaped
partir sans demander son reste {v} [figuratively]
:: to leave without further ado , to leave without a murmur , to take to one's heels
partisan {m}
:: supporter , proponent , advocate
partisan {adj}
:: partisan , partial
partisan {adj}
:: in favour of
partisane {f}
:: partisan (fervent supporter of a party)
partitif {adj}
:: partitive (indicating a part)
partitif {m} [grammar]
:: partitive , partitive case
partition {f} [heraldry]
:: a (geometrical) division using two colors
partition {f} [music]
:: a score , often comprising all parts
partition {f} [databases, computing]
:: partition
partitioniste {m}
:: alternative form of partitionniste
partitionnement {m}
:: the act of partitioning
partitionner {v}
:: to partition
partitionniste {m} [Canada, politics]
:: partitionist (a political partisan who favours the partition of the province of Quebec with the western, southern portions and Montreal forming a separate province or country from the rest of Quebec)
Parti vert {prop} {m} [politics]
:: Green Party
partoche {f} [familiar]
:: sheet music
partouse {f} [slang]
:: orgy
par tous les temps {adv}
:: come rain or shine
partout {adv}
:: everywhere
partouze {f}
:: alternative form of partouse
par trop {adv} [literary]
:: far too , much too, overly , too
partschinite {f} [mineral]
:: spessartine
parturiente {f}
:: parturient
party {mf} [Canada]
:: party (social gathering)
paruline {f}
:: warbler (specifically, a wood-warbler , member of the Parulidae family)
parure {f}
:: parure
parure {f}
:: finery
parution {f}
:: apparition
parution {f}
:: creation
parution {f}
:: publication
parvenir {v}
:: (intransitive; followed by à ) to reach
parvenir {v}
:: (intransitive; followed by à ) to succeed
parvenir à ses fins {v}
:: to get one's way , to have one's way , to achieve one's goals , to achieve one's ends
parvenu {adj}
:: parvenu
parvenu {m}
:: parvenu
parvis {m} [historical]
:: parvis
parvis {m}
:: forecourt , square
par voie de conséquence {adv} [formal]
:: as a consequence , consequently
pas {m}
:: step , pace , footstep
pas {m} [geography]
:: strait , pass
pas {m}
:: thread , pitch (of a screw or nut)
pas {adv}
:: [ne ... pas] not
pas {adv} [colloquial, spoken]
:: not
pas à pas {adv}
:: step by step (gradually)
pascal {adj}
:: paschal
pascal {m}
:: pascal
Pascal {prop}
:: given name of Latin origin
Pascal {prop}
:: surname
Pascale {prop}
:: given name, feminine form of Pascal
pascalien {adj}
:: Pascalian
Pascaline {prop}
:: given name, feminine diminutive form of Pascal
pasdaran {m}
:: pasdaran
pas d'armes {m}
:: passage of arms ; joust ; tilt ; tourney
pas de {prep} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: without
Pas de Calais {prop}
:: The English Channel or Strait of Dover , the North Sea strait between Dover (England) and Calais (France)
Pas-de-Calais {prop} {m}
:: A département of northern France , bordering the North Sea and Belgium
pas de chat {m}
:: a defect or flaw in a piece of cloth, a spot where warp ends are missing
pas de nouvelle, bonnes nouvelles {proverb}
:: no news is good news
pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles {proverb}
:: no news is good news
pas de problème {interj}
:: No problem !
pas de quoi {interj} [colloquial]
:: you're welcome (after being thanked )
pas des masses {adv} [colloquial]
:: not much
pas de souci {interj}
:: No problem !
pas du tout {adv}
:: not at all , not in the least , by no means
pas du tout {interj}
:: not at all !
pas encore {adv}
:: not yet
pas encore {adv}
:: not again
pasionaria {f}
:: A female political activist , usually in a left-wing organization
pas japonais {m}
:: stepping stone (stone used to cross something)
pas le moins du monde {adv}
:: not in the least , not in the slightest , not at all , by no means
pas mal {adv} [litotes]
:: not bad (reasonably good)
pas mal {adv} [idiomatic, colloquial]
:: a lot of , loads of
pas mal {adj}
:: not bad
paso doble {m}
:: paso doble (dance)
pas pour deux sous {adv} [colloquial]
:: not ... at all , not ... in the least
pas pour un sou {adv} [colloquial]
:: not ... at all , not ... in the least
pas question {interj} [colloquial]
:: no way (indicates rejection)
Pasquier {prop}
:: surname
passable {adj}
:: Passable; tolerable ; fair
passablement {adv}
:: passably or reasonably well
passacaille {f}
:: passacaglia
passage {m}
:: The act of going through a place or event
passage {m}
:: The time when such an act occurs
passage {m} [uncountable]
:: Circulation, traffic, movement
passage {m} [astronomy]
:: Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian
passage {m}
:: A short stay
passage {m}
:: A trip or travel , especially by boat
passage {m}
:: The act of going from a state to another
passage {m}
:: Graduation from a school year
passage {m}
:: The act of making something undergo a process
passage {m}
:: the act of handing something to someone
passage {m}
:: An access way
passage {m}
:: A laid out way allowing to go across something
passage {m}
:: An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars
passage {m}
:: A paragraph or section of text or music
passage à l'acte {m} [psychology]
:: Impulsive acting out
passage à niveau {m}
:: Level crossing
passage à tabac {m}
:: a thorough beating
passage à vide {m}
:: funny turn, bad patch , slump , dry spell
passage clouté {m} [European French]
:: pedestrian crossing
passage en force {m} [pejorative]
:: an instance of forcing one's way through
passage piéton {m}
:: pedestrian crossing
passage pour piétons {m}
:: pedestrian crossing , crosswalk
passager {m}
:: Passenger
passager {m} [archaic]
:: Traveller
passager {adj}
:: Whose presence in a location is only temporary ; passing
passager {adj}
:: Of a short duration; temporary; transitory , fleeting , flighty
passager {adj} [colloquial, of a street or place]
:: Busy
passager clandestin {m}
:: stowaway
passager clandestin {m} [economics]
:: free rider
passagère {f}
:: feminine noun of passager
passagèrement {adv}
:: temporarily , transiently
passant {m}
:: passer-by
passant {m}
:: loop (in belt etc.)
passant {adj}
:: busy (as in a busy street)
passant {adj} [heraldry]
:: passant
passation {f} [legal]
:: handover (of legal documents), transferal (of power or office)
passation de pouvoir {f}
:: handover of power or office
passation de témoin {f}
:: handover
passe {f}
:: pass (the act of passing)
passe {f}
:: pass (passageway)
passe {f} [sports]
:: pass
passe {m}
:: pass (document allowing entry)
passé {m}
:: past tense
passé {m}
:: past (opposite of future )
passé {adj}
:: past
passé {adj} [used with certain temporal nouns]
:: last
passé antérieur {m} [grammar]
:: past anterior
passé composé {m}
:: A past tense in French grammar, to express a completed ('perfect') action
passe décisive {f} [soccer]
:: assist
passé de mode {adj}
:: antiquated , out of fashion , old-fashioned , behind the times
passe-droit {m}
:: (unwarranted) favour , favouritism
passe-droit {m}
:: permission
passe en avant {f} [rugby]
:: forward pass
passe encore {phrase} [colloquial]
:: all right so far, OK, why not ?, I can let it pass , that I can tolerate , ... is one thing (but...) (used to say that the first option is (barely) tolerable, but that the second is too much)
passéisme {m}
:: passeism (nostalgia for the past)
passéiste {adj}
:: passéist , backward-looking
passe-montagne {m}
:: balaclava
passe-partout {m}
:: master key
passe-partout {m} [arts, photography]
:: matte (decorative border around a picture)
passe-partout {m}
:: type of brush
passe-partout {m} [dated]
:: ellipsis of scie passe-partout ; two-man crosscut saw
passepartout {m}
:: alternative spelling of passe-partout
passepied {m}
:: passepied
passe-plat {m}
:: hatch , opening for serving food
passeport {m}
:: passport (official document)
passer {v}
:: to go past
passer {v}
:: to cross (a border)
passer {v} [legal]
:: to pass
passer {v}
:: to spend (time)
passer {v}
:: to publish (a newspaper)
passer {vt}
:: to take , to sit (an exam or test)
passer {vi}
:: to pass (an exam or test)
passer {vt} [dated]
:: to pass (an exam or test)
passer {v} [public transportation]
:: to run
passer {v}
:: to exceed (a limit)
passer {v}
:: to percolate
passer {v}
:: to hand down , to pass on
passer {v}
:: to be allowed
passer {vi}
:: to pass , to go (between two entities)
passer {vt}
:: to show (a movie)
passer {v}
:: to go up (a grade)
passer {v}
:: to shift (change gear)
passer {v}
:: to go down
passer {v}
:: to go up
passer {v}
:: to stop by , to pop in
passer {v}
:: to pass away , to die
passer {v} [music]
:: to spin (e.g. a disk)
passer {v} [TV]
:: to show (be on television)
passer {v} [sports]
:: to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player)
passer {v} [athletics]
:: to pass (the relay baton)
passer {v}
:: to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
passer {vt}
:: to put , to place , to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else)
passer {v}
:: to wipe , rub
passer {v}
:: to skip a go
passer {v}
:: to put (make something undergo something)
passer {v} [card games]
:: to pass (not play upon one's turn)
passer {vr}
:: to take place, to happen, to come to pass
passer {vr} [for time]
:: to go by
passer {vr} [with de]
:: to do without
passer à autre chose {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to move on
passerage {f}
:: cress (of genus Lepidium
passer à la casserole {v} [colloquial]
:: to kick the bucket , to die
passer à la casserole {v} [colloquial, of a woman]
:: to lose one's virginity ; to get porked , to get fucked ; to get raped
passer à l'acte {v}
:: to take action , to act
passer à l'acte {vi}
:: to act out
passer à la moulinette {v} [idiomatic]
:: to rip to shreds (mock severely)
passer à la trappe {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to go down the drain , to be abandoned , to be forgotten about, to vanish into oblivion , to be left out , to go out the window
passer à la vitesse supérieure {v} [figuratively]
:: to go up a gear , to move up a gear, to step up a gear, to shift up a gear, to move things up a gear, to speed things up , to shift into high gear , to take things up a notch , to move into overdrive
passer à tabac {vt}
:: to beat thoroughly, to beat to a pulp
passer à travers les mailles du filet {v}
:: alternative form of passer entre les mailles du filet
passer au crible {vt} [figuratively]
:: to comb through , to comb over , to fine-tooth comb
passer au fil de l'épée {vt}
:: to put to the sword
passer au peigne fin {vt}
:: to comb through , to comb over , to fine-tooth comb , to trawl
passer aux aveux {v}
:: to confess , to make a confession
passer aux choses sérieuses {v} [colloquial]
:: to get down to business , to get down to brass tacks , to get down to the nitty-gritty
passer comme une lettre à la poste {v} [colloquial, simile]
:: To go very well , without a hitch ; to hit the spot , to be just the thing
passer crème {v} [slang]
:: To go very well , without a hitch ; to hit the spot , to be just the thing
passer de vie à trépas {v} [idiomatic]
:: to pass away , to die
passer du coq à l'âne {v}
:: to change subjects abruptly , to go from pillar to post , to hop from one subject to another, to jump from topic to topic
passereau {m}
:: sparrow
passereau {m}
:: passerine
passerelle {f}
:: footbridge
passerelle {f} [nautical]
:: bridge
passerelle {f} [aviation, nautical]
:: gangway , bridge
passerelle {f} [computing]
:: gateway
passer en force {v}
:: to force one's way through, to impose oneself
passer entre les mailles du filet {v} [figuratively]
:: to slip through the cracks , to fall through the cracks , to slip through the net
passerillage {m}
:: The exposure of cut bunches of grapes to the sun in order to increase the concentration of sugar prior to winemaking
passeriller {vt} [oenology]
:: to dry bunches of grapes by exposing them to the sun prior to winemaking
passer inaperçu {v}
:: to go unnoticed , to pass unnoticed , to escape notice
passer la main {v} [figuratively]
:: [à] to step down in favour of , to stand aside in favour of, to pass the mantle to, to pass the torch on to, to pass the baton on to, to hand the reins to; to hang up one's boots
passer la parole {v} [à]
:: to give the floor to someone, to call on someone, to give someone a chance to speak
passer l'arme à gauche {v} [colloquial]
:: to kick the bucket , to die
passer l'aspirateur {v}
:: to vacuum , to hoover
passer le flambeau {v} [figuratively]
:: [à] to step down in favour of , to stand aside in favour of, to pass the mantle to, to pass the torch on to, to pass the baton on to, to hand the reins to; to hang up one's boots
passer le mot {v} [à]
:: [colloquial] to spread the word (along, around)
passer l'éponge {v} [sur]
:: [figuratively] to forgive and forget about (a grievance ), to wipe the slate clean
passer le relais {v} [figuratively]
:: [à] to step down in favour of , to stand aside in favour of, to pass the mantle to, to pass the torch on to, to pass the baton on to, to hand the reins to; to hang up one's boots
passer le Rubicon {v}
:: to cross the Rubicon
passer les bornes {v} [rare]
:: alternative form of dépasser les bornes
passer le temps {v} [figuratively, idiom]
:: to pass the time , to kill time
passer maître {v} [en, dans]
:: to become a master at something, an expert in something
passer outre {v}
:: to overlook
passer outre {v}
:: to ignore
passer outre {v}
:: to carry on regardless
passer par la tête {v}
:: to cross someone's mind
passer par les armes {vt}
:: To execute by firing squad
passer par les mains {v}
:: to pass through the hands (of)
passer ses nerfs {v} [sur]
:: [figuratively, colloquial] to take it out on , to vent one's spleen on, to vent one's gall on
passer son chemin {v}
:: to go on one's way, to walk by without stopping , to keep going without stopping, to move on without a halt
passer sous le nez {v} [à]
:: [colloquial] to slip through someone's fingers , to slip past someone, to pass by someone (of an occasion , opportunity , etc.)
passer sous les fourches caudines {v}
:: to pass under the yoke
passer sous silence {vt}
:: to shill , to conceal , to omit , to leave untold , to fail to mention , to pass over
passer sur le billard {phrase} [literally]
:: To get passed on the operating table
passer sur le billard {phrase} [idiomatic]
:: To undergo a surgical procedure; To go under the knife
passer un savon {v} [à]
:: [colloquial] to tell off , to haul someone over the coals
passé simple {m}
:: the past historic
passé surcomposé {m} [grammar]
:: A past tense using two auxiliary verbs to conjugate
passe-temps {m}
:: hobby ; pastime
passe-thé {m}
:: tea strainer , tea infuser
passette {f}
:: strainer
passeur {m} [sports]
:: passer
passeur {m}
:: ferryman
passeur {m}
:: smuggler ; (drugs) courier
passeuse {f}
:: feminine noun of passeur
passez-moi l'expression {adv}
:: pardon my French , excuse my French ; not to put too fine a point on it
passibilité {f}
:: liability
passible {adj}
:: punishable (appropriate for punishment)
passif {m} [grammar]
:: the passive voice
passif {m} [financial]
:: liability
passif {adj}
:: passive
passif {adj}
:: (gay) bottom
passing {m}
:: [juggling] passing
passion {f} [countable and uncountable]
:: passion
passionnant {adj}
:: evoking passion or enthusiasm
passionné {adj}
:: passionate , impassioned
passionnel {adj}
:: passionate
passionnel {adj}
:: passion (attributive)
passionnellement {adv}
:: passionately
passionnément {adv}
:: passionately , to distraction
passionner {v}
:: to impassionate , to motivate
passionner {vr}
:: [pour] to take an avid interest in
passivement {adv}
:: passively
passiver {vt} [grammar]
:: to make passive
passiver {vt} [chemistry]
:: to passivate
passivité {f}
:: passivity , passiveness
passoire {f}
:: sieve
passoire {f}
:: colander
Passot {prop}
:: surname
Passy {prop}
:: Passy (district)
pastafarisme {m}
:: Pastafarianism
pastaga {m} [slang]
:: pastis
pastel {m} [botany]
:: woad
pastel {m} [art]
:: pastel
pastelliste {mf}
:: pastellist
pastenade {f}
:: synonym of panais
pastenague {f}
:: stingray
pastèque {f}
:: watermelon (plant)
pastèque {f}
:: watermelon (fruit)
pastèque {f} [slang]
:: boob (female breast)
pasteur {m}
:: shepherd
pasteur {m}
:: pastor , a title of Protestant ministers
Pasteur {prop}
:: surname
Pasteur {prop}
:: Louis Pasteur , French biologist
pasteurien {adj}
:: Pasteurian
pasteuriser {v}
:: to pasteurise
pastiche {m}
:: pastiche
pasticher {v}
:: to imitate , pastiche
pastification {f}
:: pasta making
pastillage {m}
:: The mounting of components on a printed circuit board
pastillage {m}
:: An ornament (such as a flower) mounted on a ceramic
pastille {f} [archaic]
:: small roll of dough containing fragrant ingredients baked in order to perfume the air
pastille {f}
:: pastille , lozenge , drop (medicinal or candy)
pastille {f}
:: lozenge -shaped figure in a design
pastille {f}
:: The conductive part of a printed circuit board that components are fixed to
pastis {m}
:: pastis
pastis {m} [Southeast of France]
:: mess, difficult situation
pastophore {m} [historical]
:: pastophorus
pastoral {adj}
:: pastoral
pastoralement {adv}
:: pastorally
pastoralisme {m}
:: pastoralism
pastoraliste {adj}
:: pastoralist
pastorat {m}
:: pastorate
pas touche {interj} [colloquial]
:: hands off ! paws off ! mitts off !
pastoureau {m}
:: young shepherd
pastourelle {f}
:: feminine noun of pastoureau
pastrami {m}
:: pastrami
pas trop tôt {adv} [colloquial, litotes, sarcastic, idiom]
:: about time !
pat {m} [chess]
:: stalemate
PAT {prop} {f} [Quebec]
:: PAT ; Pointe-aux-Trembles - a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada
patache {f}
:: patache (carriage)
patachon {m} [historical]
:: coach driver (driver of a patache )
patafioler {v}
:: (dated) to punish
patagon {adj}
:: Patagonian
Patagonie {prop} {f}
:: Patagonia
pataphysicien {m}
:: pataphysician
pataphysicienne {f}
:: feminine noun of pataphysicien
pataphysique {f} [literature, humorously]
:: pataphysics (absurdist philosophy)
pataquès {m}
:: intrusive s , intrusive t (a type of speech error whereby a word-final /t/ or /s/ is pronounced for euphony, though it is not part of the word's spelling )
pataquès {m}
:: malapropism
pataquès {m} [colloquial]
:: jumble , muddle
Patara {prop}
:: Patara (ancient city in Lycia)
pataras {m} [nautical]
:: backstay
patassa {m} [Louisiana French, ]
:: perch
patate {f}
:: ellipsis of patate douce ; sweet potato
patate {f} [Canada, Louisiana French or colloquial in Europe]
:: potato
patate chaude {f} [figuratively]
:: hot potato (awkward or delicate problem)
patate douce {f}
:: sweet potato
pataterie {f} [Quebec, Louisiana French]
:: a restaurant that specializes in serving french fries ; chip shop (UK)
patates pilées {fp}
:: mashed potatoes
patatoïdal {adj}
:: Having the lumpy, spherical form of a potato
patatoïde {m}
:: Any lumpy, spherical object more-or-less having the form of a potato
patatras {interj}
:: kerplunk
pataud {adj}
:: lumbering , lumpish
pataugeant {adj}
:: wading , paddling
pataugeoire {f}
:: wading pool
patauger {v}
:: to paddle , to wade (to walk in shallow water), to splash about
patch {f} [computing]
:: patch (piece of code used to fix a bug)
patchoulène {m} [organic compound]
:: patchoulene
patchouli {m}
:: patchouli (plant)
patchouli {m}
:: patchouli (oil)
patchwork {m}
:: patchwork
pâte {f}
:: paste
pâte {f}
:: pastry ; dough ; batter
pâte {f} [in the plural]
:: pastas
pâté {m}
:: paste
pâté {m}
:: pâté
pâte à choux {f}
:: choux pastry (light pastry)
pâte à dents {f} [Canada]
:: toothpaste
pâté à la viande {m} [food]
:: meat pie
pâté à la viande du Lac-St-Jean {m} [food]
:: tourtière
pâte à modeler {f}
:: modeling clay
pâte à tartiner {f}
:: spread (any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams)
pâte brisée {f}
:: pâte brisée
pâté chinois {m}
:: pâté chinois
pâté chinois {m} [Quebec]
:: shepherd's pie
pâté de maisons {m}
:: city block (part of town enclosed by streets)
pâtée {f}
:: any pet food in the form of a paste , such as cat food or dog food
pâte feuilletée {f} [cooking]
:: puff pastry (light, flaky pastry)
patelin {m}
:: backwater
patelin {m}
:: one-horse town
patelin {adj}
:: fawning ; unctuous
patelle {f}
:: limpet
patemment {adv} [archaic or literary]
:: patently
Patenaude {prop}
:: surname
patène {f}
:: paten , diskos
patenôtre {f} [obsolete, religion]
:: the Lord's prayer
patente {f}
:: patent
patenté {adj}
:: patented
patenté {adj}
:: licensed
patère {f} [archaeology]
:: patera
patère {f}
:: peg (a protrusion used to hang things on)
paternalisme {m}
:: paternalism
paternaliste {adj}
:: paternalist
paternel {adj}
:: paternal
paternellement {adv}
:: paternally
paternité {f}
:: fatherhood
paternité {f}
:: authorship
pâtes {fp} [usually, in the plural]
:: pasta
pateter {v} [Switzerland]
:: to dawdle
pâteusement {adv}
:: doughily , mushily
pâteux {adj}
:: doughy , mushy
-pathe {suffix}
:: -path
pathétique {adj}
:: pathetic , arousing emotion
pathétique {adj}
:: pathetic , contemptible
pathétiquement {adv}
:: pathetically
-pathie {suffix}
:: -pathy
pathogène {adj}
:: pathogenic
pathogénèse {f}
:: pathogenesis
pathogénie {f}
:: pathogeny
pathogénique {adj} [medicine]
:: pathogenic
pathologie {f}
:: pathology
pathologique {adj}
:: pathological ; pathologic
pathologiquement {adv}
:: pathologically
pathologiste {mf}
:: pathologist (expert in pathology)
patibulaire {adj}
:: sinister
patidar {m}
:: Patidar
patiemment {adv}
:: patiently
patience {f}
:: patience
patient {adj}
:: patient
patient {m}
:: a patient, an outpatient
patiente {f}
:: feminine singular of patient
patientèle {f} [neologism]
:: all the patients of a medical practitioner ; patient base , body of patients
patienter {v}
:: to be patient
patienter {v}
:: to wait patiently
patin {m}
:: slipper
patin {m}
:: skate ; blade ; runner
patin {m} [mechanics]
:: brake pad
patin {m} [slang]
:: French kiss
patinage {m}
:: skating
patinage {m}
:: ice-skating
patinage {m}
:: roller skating
patinage {m}
:: loss of traction (of a motor vehicle)
patinage à glace {m}
:: ice skating
patinage à roues alignées {m}
:: in-line skating
patinage à roulettes {m}
:: rollerskating
patinage artistique {m}
:: figure skating
patinage de descente {m}
:: ellipsis of patinage de descente extrême
patinage de descente extrême {m}
:: icecross downhill
patinage de vitesse {m}
:: speed skating (the sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates)
patinage extrême {m}
:: icecross
patinage extrême {m}
:: ellipsis of patinage de descente extrême
patinage synchronisé {m}
:: synchronized skating [US] / synchronised skating [UK]
patin à glace {m} [uncountable]
:: ice skating
patin à glace {m} [countable]
:: ice skate
patin à quatre roues {m}
:: old-style four-wheel rollerskate
patin à roues alignées {m}
:: inline skate (inline rollerskate )
patin à roulettes {m}
:: roller skate
patin à roulettes quatre roues {m}
:: old-style four-wheel rollerskate
patine {f}
:: patina , an oxidation like on bronze or similar effect
patiner {vi}
:: to ice-skate
patiner {vt}
:: to falter
patineur {m}
:: skater
patineuse {f}
:: feminine noun of patineur
patinoire {f}
:: skating rink
patio {m}
:: patio
pâtir {v} [literary]
:: to suffer
pâtisser {vi}
:: to make pastry
pâtisser {vt} [, of cakes and pastry]
:: to bake something
patisserie {f} [Canada]
:: cake shop
patisserie {f} [Canada]
:: the pastries produced by a patissier
pâtisserie {f}
:: cakeshop
pâtisserie {f}
:: pastry (food item)
pâtisserie {f}
:: pastry (art of making pastries)
pâtissier {adj} [attributive]
:: pastry
pâtissier {m}
:: pastrymaker
pâtissière {f}
:: female equivalent of pâtissier
patissoie {f}
:: Variant of pâtissoie
pâtissoie {f}
:: An eighteenth-century silken cloth from China.
pâtisson {m}
:: pattypan squash
Patmos {prop}
:: Patmos (island)
patois {m}
:: patois (French dialect)
patois {m}
:: patois (any regional dialect)
patois {m} [Louisiana French]
:: saying , maxim , proverb , adage
patoisant {adj}
:: Characteristic of a patois
patoisant {adj}
:: Speaking in a patois
patoisement {adv}
:: (speaking ) in a patois
patoisement {m}
:: The formation of a patois
patoiser {vi}
:: to speak in patois
pâton {m}
:: A piece of dough to be kneaded in breadmaking
patou {m}
:: Pyrenean mountain dog
patouner {v}
:: Of cats : to knead with the paws
patraque {adj}
:: out of sorts , under the weather
pâtre {m} [literary, poetic]
:: shepherd , herdsman
patriarcal {adj}
:: patriarchal
patriarcalement {adv}
:: patriarchally
patriarcat {m}
:: patriarchy
patriarcat {m}
:: patriarchate
patriarche {m}
:: patriarch
patrice {m} [antiquity]
:: patrician
Patrice {prop} {m}
:: given name
Patricia {prop}
:: given name
patriciat {m}
:: patriciate
patricien {adj}
:: patrician
patricien {m} [historical]
:: patrician
Patrick {prop}
:: given name, the English form of Patrice , quite popular in France
patrie {f}
:: homeland , home country , country of origin, fatherland
patrilatéral {adj}
:: patrilateral
patrilatéralement {adv}
:: patrilaterally
patrimoine {m}
:: patrimony , estate
patrimoine {m}
:: heritage
patrimoine {m}
:: capital , holdings
patrimonial {adj}
:: patrimonial
patrimonialement {adv}
:: patrimonially
patriotard {adj}
:: Excessively nationalistic ; flag-waving ; chauvinistic
patriote {mf}
:: patriot
patriote {adj}
:: patriotic
Patriote {m} [Canada]
:: Patriote (Lower Canada Rebellion)
Patriote {m} [Canada]
:: Patriot (Upper Canada Rebellion)
patriotique {adj}
:: patriotic
patriotiquement {adv}
:: patriotically
patriotisme {m}
:: patriotism
Patrocle {prop} {m} [Greek mythology]
:: Patroclus
patron {m}
:: boss , employer
patron {m} [sewing and knitting]
:: pattern
patronage {m}
:: Patronage
patronal {adj} [attributive]
:: saint
patronal {adj} [attributive]
:: relating to an employer
patronat {m}
:: management
patronne {f}
:: (female) owner
patronne {f}
:: madame (of a brothel)
patronner {vt}
:: to sponsor
patronnesse {adj}
:: only used in dame patronesse
patronyme {m}
:: surname ; patronym
patronymique {adj}
:: patronymic
patrouille {f}
:: patrol
patrouiller {vi}
:: to patrol
patrouilleur {m}
:: soldier on patrol
patrouilleur {m}
:: patrol boat
patrouilleur {m}
:: spotter plane
patte {f}
:: paw [of animal]
patte {f}
:: leg [of animal]
patte {f} [anatomy, colloquial]
:: leg [of human]
patté {adj} [heraldry]
:: (in feminine form) Narrow at the inner end, and very broad at the other end, or having its arms of that shape; said of a cross
patte-d'oie {f}
:: A point where a road splits into one or more other roads, or many roads join into one
patte-d'oie {f}
:: crow's feet (wrinkles at the corners of the eye)
pattemouille {f}
:: damp cloth used in ironing
pattes d'éléphant {fp}
:: bell-bottoms
pattes de mouche {fp} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: chicken scratch (illegible handwriting )
pattes d'eph {fp} [colloquial]
:: clipping of pattes d'éléphant
pâturage {m}
:: pasture ; meadow
pâture {f}
:: grazing food for livestock
pâture {f}
:: pasture (field full of such food)
pâturer {v}
:: to graze ; to pasture
pâturin {m}
:: grass ; any plant belonging to the taxonomical family Poaceae
paturon {m}
:: pastern
Pau {prop}
:: Pau (city)
pauchouse {f}
:: A dish of freshwater fish cut into pieces and cooked in white wine
paucité {f}
:: paucity (fewness in number; a small number)
Paul {prop}
:: Paul (biblical figure)
Paul {prop}
:: given name
Paule {prop}
:: given name, feminine form of Paul
Paulette {prop} {f}
:: given name
paulien {adj} [legal, of an action]
:: taken against a fraudulent debtor
Paulin {prop}
:: given name, rare today
Paulin {prop}
:: surname
Pauline {prop} {f}
:: given name derived from Latin Paulina
pauliste {adj} [religion]
:: Paulist (specifically a member of a missionary society founded in New York in 1885)
pauliste {adj}
:: of or relating to São Paulo , Brazil
Pauliste {mf}
:: A person residing in São Paulo , Brazil
paullinique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: paullinic
paume {f} [anatomy]
:: palm (of hand)
paumé {adj}
:: lost
paumé {adj}
:: out of one's depth
paumé {adj}
:: godforsaken
paumer {v} [obsolete]
:: to strike , hit
paumer {v} [colloquial]
:: to lose
paupérisation {f}
:: pauperization
paupériser {vt}
:: to pauperize
paupérisme {m}
:: pauperism
paupière {f}
:: eyelid
paupiette {f}
:: paupiette , (veal) olive
paurométabole {m}
:: paurometabole
paurométabole {adj}
:: paurometabolous
-pause {suffix}
:: -pause
pause {f}
:: pause , break
pause {f} [music]
:: rest
pause-café {f}
:: coffee break
pause-déjeuner {f}
:: lunchbreak
pause thé {f}
:: tea break
pauvre {adj}
:: poor (financially deprived)
pauvre {adj}
:: lacking , scanty
pauvre {adj}
:: poor , pitiable
pauvre {m}
:: poor person; pauper
pauvre comme Job {adj} [simile]
:: extremely poor ; poor as a church mouse
pauvre de {phrase}
:: poor old
pauvrement {adv}
:: poorly
pauvresse {f}
:: feminine singular of pauvre
pauvret {m}
:: poor little thing term of commiseration
pauvreté {f}
:: poverty
pauvrette {f}
:: poor little thing term of commiseration
pauvrissime {adj}
:: Very poor
pavage {m}
:: paving (paved surface, art of constructing such a surface)
pavane {mf}
:: pavane
pavaner {vr}
:: to strut one's stuff
Pavard {prop}
:: surname
pavé {m}
:: cobblestone
pavé {m}
:: cobblestone street
pavé {m} [geometry]
:: parallelepiped
pavé {m}
:: pavé (rectangular food)
pavé {m} [colloquial]
:: a thick book , a long text
pavé dans la mare {m} [figuratively]
:: a bombshell , a shocking declaration
pavement {m}
:: paving
pavement {m}
:: tiled floor
pavé numérique {m} [computing]
:: numeric keypad , number pad
paver {v}
:: to cobble , to pave with cobblestones or something similar
paver {v} [Canada, Quebec]
:: to pave in any sense (including with asphalt, etc.)
pavesan {adj}
:: Of or from Pavia (in Italy)
pavesan {adj}
:: Of or from Pavie (in the Midi-Pyrénées)
pavé tactile {m}
:: touchpad (flat surface which is sensitive to touch)
paveur {m}
:: paver
paveur {m}
:: paving company
Pavie {prop} {f}
:: Pavia
Pavie {prop} {f}
:: A town in the Gers department of Midi-Pyrénées
pavillon {m}
:: pavilion (tent, structure, ear part)
pavillon {m}
:: ensign , flag (nautical flag)
pavillon {m}
:: house , villa , lodge
pavillon {m} [music]
:: bell (part of brass instrument)
pavillon {m} [heraldry]
:: pavilion
pavillon {m} [nautical]
:: colours
pavillonnaire {adj}
:: pavilioned
pavillon noir {m}
:: Jolly Roger (skull flag)
pavlovien {adj}
:: Pavlovian (of or relating to the theories of Ivan Pavlov)
pavois {m}
:: buckler , shield
pavois {m} [nautical]
:: bulwark
pavoisement {m} [nautical]
:: bunting
pavoiser {vt}
:: to deck with flags
pavot {m}
:: poppy (the flower)
pavot somnifère {m}
:: opium poppy (Papaver somniferum
pawnee {m}
:: the Pawnee language
paxon {m}
:: alternative form of pacson
payant {adj}
:: paying , which pays
payant {adj}
:: not free , not free of charge , nonfree , that costs money, that charges money, paid (as in paid service )
payant {adj}
:: fruitful , that pays off
paye {f}
:: salary , pay
paye {f}
:: payment
paye {f} [dated]
:: payer , someone who pays
paye {f} [colloquial]
:: ages , a long time
payement {m}
:: alternative spelling of paiement
payer {vt}
:: to pay (for)
payer {vt}
:: to pay (someone)
payer {v}
:: pay for (suffer the consequences of something)
payer {v}
:: to pay off (to be fruitful)
payer cher {v} [colloquial]
:: to pay dearly
payer de sa poche {v} [figuratively]
:: to pay out of one's own pocket
payer les pots cassés {v}
:: to pay the piper , to pay the price , to pay the penalty , to be left to pick up the pieces , to be left holding the baby
Payet {prop}
:: surname
Payette {prop}
:: surname
payeur {m}
:: payer (someone who pays)
payeuse {f}
:: feminine noun of payeur
pays {m}
:: land , country , region , nation
pays {m} [politics, geography]
:: country
paysage {m}
:: countryside
paysage {m}
:: landscape
paysage {m} [printing]
:: landscape (format)
paysagéité {f}
:: landscapity
paysager {adj} [attributive]
:: landscape
paysager {adj} [attributive]
:: countryside ; country
paysager {v}
:: to do landscaping ; to landscape
paysagiste {mf}
:: a land artist
paysagiste {mf}
:: a landscape designer , a landscape gardener
paysagiste {mf}
:: an artist who specialises in painting the country
paysan {m}
:: a peasant
paysan {m}
:: someone who lives in the country ; ruralite
paysan {m} [pejorative]
:: a country bumpkin
paysannat {m}
:: peasantry
paysanne {f}
:: feminine noun of paysan
paysannerie {f}
:: peasantry
Pays-Bas {prop} {mp}
:: the Netherlands
Pays basque {prop} {m}
:: Basque Country
pays de cocagne {m}
:: land of plenty , Cockaigne (land of ease , pleasure and luxury )
pays de Cocagne {m}
:: alternative spelling of pays de cocagne
pays de Galles {prop} {m}
:: Wales
Pays de la Loire {prop} {mp}
:: Pays de la Loire (region)
pays d'état {m} [historical]
:: pays d'état
pays développé {m} [economics]
:: developed country
pays du Soleil Levant {prop} {m} [periphrasis]
:: the Land of the Rising Sun (Japan)
pays du Soleil-Levant {prop} {m}
:: alternative spelling of pays du Soleil Levant
pays en voie de développement {m} [economics]
:: developing country
pb {n} [colloquial, texting, internet slang]
:: abbreviation of problème
PC {prop} [journalism, in Canada]
:: CP initialism of Presse canadienne (Canadian Press)
PCC {prop} [initialism]
:: [Canada, politics] Parti conservateur du Canada - Conservative Party of Canada (CPC )
PCUS {prop} {mf} [history, politics]
:: CPSU (initialism of Partie Communiste de la Union Soviétique )
PCV {m}
:: initialism of paiement contre vérification reverse charge call (UK), collect call (US)
PD {m} [vulgar, offensive]
:: fag ; queer (male homosexual)
PDG {mf}
:: CEO [US, Canada] (chief executive officier) or MD [UK] (managing director) or president - initialism of président directeur général {m} or présidente directrice générale {f}
PdP {f} [France, meteorology]
:: POP (probability of precipitation) abbreviation of probabilité de précipitation
PDP {f} [Canada, meteorology]
:: POP (probability of precipitation) abbreviation of probabilité de précipitations
PDQ {m}
:: abbreviation of poste de quartier
PDS {m}
:: SRP (suggested retail price) initialism of prix de détail suggéré
PDSC {m}
:: MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price) initialism of prix de détail suggéré du constructeur
PDSF {m}
:: MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price) initialism of prix de détail suggéré par le fabricant
pdt {f}
:: abbreviation of pomme de terre
PDT {f}
:: abbreviation of pomme de terre
PE {m}
:: PE (polyethylene); abbreviation of polyéthylène
pé {m}
:: letter: p
peacekeeper {m} [Canada, law enforcement]
:: peacekeeper [peace officer from an aboriginal Canadian community]
péage {m} [transport]
:: toll , payment
péage {m} [transport]
:: toll booth
péage {m} [internet]
:: paywall
péager {m}
:: A person who receives a toll or manages a toll booth
péagère {f}
:: feminine singular of péager
péan {m}
:: paean
pearcéite {m} [mineral]
:: pearceite
peau {f}
:: skin of a person or animal
peau {f}
:: hide , fur
peau {f}
:: skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit)
peau {f}
:: pellicule formed on top of certain prepared foods
peau de banane {f}
:: banana peel
peau de chagrin {f}
:: shagreen
peau de chamois {f}
:: chamois leather , shammy
peau de vache {f} [colloquial, pejorative]
:: battle axe , cat , nasty piece of work
peaufinage {m}
:: fine-tuning
peaufinement {m}
:: fine-tuning
peaufiner {v}
:: to fine-tune
peau-rouge {m}
:: Red Indian
peau-rouge {adj}
:: Amerindian
PEB {m} [acronym]
:: [library science] a system enabling a library to borrow a document from another library to make it available for a registered reader
PE-BD {m}
:: LDPE (low density polyethylene ); abbreviation of polyéthylène basse densité
PEBD {m}
:: alternative form of PE-BD
pébioctet {m}
:: pebibyte
pébrine {f}
:: pébrine
pébroc {m} [colloquial, France]
:: umbrella
pébroque {m} [colloquial, France]
:: umbrella
pec {m} [colloquial, usually in the plural]
:: pec (pectoralis major muscle)
pécari {m}
:: peccary (a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos)
peccadille {f}
:: peccadillo (small sin or error)
péché {m} [religion]
:: sin
pêche {f} [countable]
:: peach
pêche {f} [uncountable]
:: fishing , angling
pêche à la mouche {f}
:: fly fishing (form of angling)
pêche blanche {f}
:: ice fishing
péché capital {m} [theology]
:: deadly sin (any of the seven deadly sins)
péché mignon {m}
:: guilty pleasure , little weakness , little indulgence
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)
péché philosophique {m}
:: sexual deviancy ; sodomy
pécher {v}
:: to sin
pêcher {v}
:: to fish
pêcher {m}
:: peach tree
pêcher en eau trouble {v} [figuratively]
:: to fish in troubled waters
pêcher en eaux troubles {v}
:: alternative spelling of pêcher en eau trouble
pécheresse {f}
:: feminine noun of pécheur ; sinner
pêcherie {f}
:: fishery
pêche sous la glace {f}
:: ice fishing
pêche sur glace {f}
:: ice fishing
Pecheur {prop} {mf}
:: surname
pécheur {adj}
:: sinning ; sinful
pécheur {m}
:: sinner
pêcheur {m}
:: fisher
pêcheuse {f}
:: feminine noun of pêcheur
pécho {v} [slang, backslang]
:: to nab , catch
pécho {v} [slang]
:: to hook up with, get off with
pécore {f}
:: a small farm animal (not necessarily a sheep)
pécore {mf}
:: blockhead (stupid person)
pécore {mf}
:: peasant
pectique {adj}
:: pectic
pectocellulosique {adj}
:: pectocellulosic
pectolytique {adj} [biochemistry]
:: pectolytic
pectoral {m} [anatomy]
:: pectoral
pectoral {adj} [anatomy]
:: pectoral
pectosique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pectosic
péculat {m}
:: peculation
péculativement {adv}
:: peculatively
pécule {m}
:: savings , nest egg
pécule de vacances {m} [Belgium]
:: holiday pay , holiday allowance bonus
pécuniaire {adj}
:: pecuniary , financial
pécuniairement {adv}
:: financially , pecuniarily
pédagogie {f}
:: pedagogy ; education
pédagogie {f}
:: learning
pédagogique {adj}
:: pedagogic , pedagogical
pédagogique {adj}
:: educational
pédagogique {adj}
:: instructional
pédagogiquement {adv}
:: pedagogically
pédagogue {mf}
:: pedagogue ; educator
pédagogue {mf}
:: teacher
pédal {adj} [anatomy]
:: pedal
pédalage {m}
:: the action or the result of pedalling
pédale {f}
:: pedal (of bicycle)
pédale {f} [music]
:: pedal (of piano, organ etc.)
pédale {f} [offensive]
:: queer , homo (homosexual man)
pédaler {v}
:: to pedal (a bicycle)
pédaler dans la choucroute {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to go around in circles , to tread water , to go nowhere fast , to flounder
pédaler dans la semoule {v}
:: alternative form of pédaler dans la choucroute
pédale wha wha {f}
:: wah-wah pedal
pédalier {m}
:: pedalboard
pédalier {m} [cycling]
:: chainset , crankset
pédalo {m} [watercraft]
:: pedalo
pédant {m} [obsolete]
:: schoolmaster
pédant {m}
:: pedant ; pretentious person
pédant {adj}
:: pedantic
pedante {f}
:: obsolete spelling of pédante
pédanterie {f}
:: pedantry
pédantesque {adj}
:: pedantic
pédantesquement {adv}
:: pedantically
pédantisme {m}
:: pedantry
pédantisme {m}
:: pretentiousness
pédé {m} [vulgar, offensive, pejorative, slang]
:: fag ; queer (male homosexual)
pédéraste {m}
:: pederast
pédéraste {m} [archaic]
:: homosexual
pédérastie {f}
:: pederasty
pédérastique {adj}
:: pederastic
pédestre {adj}
:: walking (of e.g. an animal, that moves by walking)
pédestre {adj} [of a artpiece]
:: representing someone walking
pédestre {adj}
:: pedestrian (simple)
pédestre {adj} [of an activity]
:: walking , involving walking, on foot
pédestrement {adv}
:: pedestrianly
pédiatre {mf}
:: pediatrician (physician who specialises in pediatrics)
pédiatrie {f}
:: pediatrics
pédiatrique {adj}
:: pediatric
pédicelle {f}
:: pedicel
pédicule {m} [anatomy]
:: pedicel
pédiculose {f} [pathology]
:: pediculosis
pédicure {mf}
:: chiropodist , podiatrist
pédieux {adj} [anatomy]
:: pedal
pédigrée {f}
:: pedigree
pédiluve {m}
:: footbath
pédipalpe {f}
:: pedipalp
pédo- {prefix}
:: paedo-
pédocriminel {m}
:: A criminal pedophile
pédocriminelle {f}
:: feminine singular of pédocriminel
pédofaune {f}
:: pedofauna (soil fauna)
pédogenèse {f} [biology, geology]
:: pedogenesis
pédogéochimique {adj}
:: pedogeochemical
pédogéologique {adj} [geology]
:: pedogeological
pédologie {f}
:: pedology
pédologique {adj}
:: pedologic , pedological
pédologiquement {adv}
:: pedologically
pédoncule {m} [anatomy, zoology]
:: peduncle
pédonculé {adj}
:: pedunculate
pédoncule caudal {m}
:: caudal peduncle
pédophile {adj}
:: pedophiliac
pédophile {mf}
:: pedophile , paedophile
pédophilie {f}
:: pedophilia
pédopornographie {f}
:: child pornography
pédopsychiatre {mf}
:: pedopsychiatrist
pedzouille {m}
:: A peasant , bumpkin , yokel
Pégase {prop} {m}
:: Pegasus (mythical winged horse)
Pégase {prop} {m}
:: Pegasus (constellation)
Peggy {prop}
:: given name borrowed from English, popular in the 1970s
pegmatitique {adj} [mineralogy]
:: pegmatitic
pègre {f}
:: underworld
PE-HD {m}
:: HDPE abbreviation of polyéthylène haute densité
PEHD {m}
:: alternative form of PE-HD
peignage {m}
:: combing (of wool or other fibre)
peigne {m}
:: comb (toothed implement)
peigne-cul {m}
:: asshole , jerk
peigner {v}
:: to comb
peignoir {m}
:: cape (long light clothing used to protect the clothes in e.g. a barber)
peignoir {m}
:: bathrobe
peignoir {m}
:: nightdress
peilles {fp}
:: rags used to make paper
peinard {adj} [colloquial]
:: tranquil , carefree , cushy
peinardement {adv}
:: tranquilly
peindre {vt}
:: to paint
peine {f}
:: pain
peine {f}
:: effort , trouble
peine {f}
:: sorrow
peine {adv}
:: barely , hardly ; used only in the phrase à peine
peine capitale {f}
:: capital punishment (punishment by death)
peine de cœur {f}
:: heartache ; brokenheartedness ; lovesickness ; love disappointment ; unreciprocated love feelings ; unrequited love; unhappy love story
peine de mort {f}
:: capital punishment , death penalty
peine perdue {f}
:: lost cause
peiner {v}
:: to struggle , toil
peiner {v}
:: to cause pain to, afflict
peintre {mf}
:: painter (artist)
peinture {f}
:: painting
peinture {f}
:: painting, canvas
peinture {f}
:: vivid description
peinture {f}
:: paint
peinturer {v} [Canada]
:: to paint
peinturer {v} [France]
:: to paint like a child, in a way lacking grace and dexterity
peinturlurer {v}
:: to daub
péjoratif {adj}
:: pejorative
péjorativement {adv}
:: pejoratively
pejvakine {f} [protein]
:: pejvakin
pékan {m}
:: fisher (mammal)
pékin {m} [textiles]
:: Pekin (type of patterned silk)
Pékin {prop} {m}
:: Pékin (direct-administered municipality/capital city)
pékinois {adj}
:: Pekingese (of or from Peking (Beijing ))
pékinois {m}
:: Pekinese (dog)
Pékinois {m}
:: Pekinese (native or inhabitant of Pekin (Beijing))
Pékinoise {f}
:: feminine noun of Pékinois
pelade {f} [pathology]
:: alopecia
Péladeau {prop}
:: surname
pelage {m}
:: fur
pélagien {adj}
:: Pelagian
pélagique {adj}
:: pelagic
pélargonate {m} [organic chemistry]
:: pelargonate
pélargonique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pelargonic
pélargonium {m}
:: pelargonium (flower of the genus Pelargonium )
pelé {adj}
:: bare ; (of animal) mangy
pêle-mêle {adv}
:: any old how , at random , chaotically , pell-mell
pêle-mêle {m}
:: disorder, confusion
pêle-mêle {m}
:: multiple photo frame
pêlemêle {m}
:: alternative form of pêle-mêle
peler {v}
:: to peel
pèlerin {m}
:: pilgrim
pèlerinage {m}
:: pilgrimage (religious journey, or one to a sacred place)
pélerine {f}
:: cape
pèlerine {f}
:: feminine noun of pèlerin
pèlerine {f}
:: cape
péleriner {v}
:: alternative spelling of pèleriner
pèleriner {v}
:: to go on a pilgrimage
pélican {m}
:: pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae )
pelisse {f}
:: pelisse
pellagre {f} [pathology]
:: pellagra
pellagreux {adj}
:: pellagrous
pelle {f}
:: shovel , spade
pelle {f}
:: dustpan
pelle {f}
:: fluke (anchor blade)
pelle {f} [slang]
:: French kiss
pelle à tarte {f}
:: cake slice , cake server
Pellegrin {prop}
:: surname
peller {v}
:: to shovel (to move materials with a shovel)
pelletée {f}
:: spadeful , shovelful
pelleter {vt}
:: to shovel (up)
pelleterie {f}
:: peltry
pelleterie {f}
:: fur tannery
pelleter par en avant {v} [Quebec, figuratively]
:: to kick the can down the road
pelleteuse {f}
:: digger (a large piece of machinery that digs up holes)
pelletier {m}
:: furrier
Pelletier {prop}
:: surname
pelletiser {v}
:: To pelletize
pelletiseur {m}
:: pelletizer
pelliculaire {adj}
:: dandruff (etc) (attributive)
pellicule {f}
:: film , skin , thin layer
pellicules {fp}
:: dandruff
pélopium {m} [obsolete]
:: A metallic element subsequently shown to be technetium
Péloponnèse {prop} {m}
:: Péloponnèse (region)
pelote {f}
:: ball (e.g. of string, wire)
pelote {f}
:: pelota (sport)
pelote {f}
:: droppings (animal waste)
pelote {f}
:: ball (in the game of jeu de paume )
pelote {f} [Quebec, slang]
:: pussy (female genitalia)
pelote {f} [Louisiana French, ]
:: a ball ; a football
pelote basque {f}
:: Basque pelota
peloter {v} [archaic]
:: to wind, roll etc. into a ball
peloter {v} [colloquial]
:: to touch up , feel up (sexually)
peloter {vr} [colloquial, se peloter]
:: to make out
peloton {m}
:: small ball (of thread etc.)
peloton {m} [military]
:: platoon
peloton {m}
:: pack , bunch (of cyclists etc.)
peloton d'exécution {m}
:: firing squad (a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially)
pelotonner {vt}
:: To wind up into a ball
pelotonner {vr}
:: To curl up into a ball
pelouse {f}
:: lawn
pelouse {f} [racing]
:: public enclosure
pelouse {f} [rugby, soccer]
:: field , ground
Peltier {prop}
:: surname, notably of Jean Charles Athanase Peltier , French physicist who discovered the Peltier effect
peluche {f}
:: plush (toy), fluff
pelucher {v}
:: to fluff up , become fluffy
pelucheux {adj}
:: fluffy
pelure {f}
:: peel , rind (of a fruit)
pelure {f}
:: skin (of an onion)
pelvien {adj}
:: pelvic
pelvigraphie {f}
:: pelvigraphy
pélycosaure {m}
:: pelycosaur
penaille {f}
:: an assembly of monks
penaille {f}
:: rags , tatters
pénal {adj}
:: penal , criminal (of, or relating to crimes)
pénalement {adv}
:: penally
pénalisant {adj}
:: penalizing
pénalisation {f} [sports]
:: penalty
pénalisation {f}
:: penalizing
pénaliser {v}
:: to penalize
pénaliser {v}
:: to criminalize
pénaliste {mf} [legal]
:: criminal lawyer
pénalité {f}
:: penalty (punishment)
pénalité {f} [rugby]
:: penalty (free-kick)
pénalité {f} [rugby]
:: penalty (scoring of penalty)
penalty {m} [sports]
:: penalty , penalty kick
pénalty {m} [sports]
:: alternative spelling of penalty
pénard {adj}
:: alternative form of peinard
pénardement {adv}
:: alternative form of peinardement
pénates {mp} [historical]
:: household gods , penates
pénates {mp} [colloquial]
:: home
penaud {adj}
:: sheepish , shamefaced
penaudement {adv}
:: sheepishly
penchant {m}
:: penchant
pencher {vt}
:: to tilt , tip up
pencher {vi}
:: to lean , list
pencher {vi}
:: to lean towards (an opinion, idea etc.); to be inclined (to do something)
pencher {vr}
:: to bend down , lean over
pencher {vr}
:: to look into
pendable {adj}
:: that merits hanging
pendable {adj}
:: that deserves to be hanged
pendage {m} [geology]
:: (angle of) dip
pendaison {f}
:: hanging (of something or someone)
pendaison de crémaillère {f}
:: housewarming
pendant {adj}
:: hanging
pendant {m}
:: stone that dangles on earrings
pendant {m}
:: match , counterpart
pendant {prep}
:: during , throughout , for the duration of
pendant que {conj}
:: while , whilst , as
pendard {m}
:: gallows bird , rascal , one who deserves to hang
pendarde {f}
:: feminine noun of pendard
pendeloque {f}
:: pendant
pendentif {m} [jewelry]
:: pendant
pendentif {m} [architecture]
:: pendentive
penderie {f}
:: wardrobe
pendiller {vi}
:: to dangle
pendjabi {m}
:: The Punjabi language
pendouiller {v}
:: to dangle
pendre {vit}
:: to hang
pendre {vi}
:: to sag , droop
pendre au nez {v} [à]
:: [colloquial] to stare (someone) in the face , to be looking at (someone), to be around the corner waiting for (someone) (to be likely to happen to someone)
pendre haut et court {vt} [colloquial]
:: to hang , to execute by hanging
pendre la crémaillère {v} [idiomatic]
:: to have a housewarming party
pendu {m}
:: person condemned to be hanged
pendu {m}
:: person killed by hanging
pendu {m}
:: [le pendu] hangman (pen and paper game)
pendu {m}
:: hanged man (tarot card)
pendulaire {adj}
:: pendular
pendulaire {adj}
:: tilting (on its axis)
pendulaire {mf}
:: commuter
pendule {m}
:: pendulum
pendule {f}
:: pendulum clock
pendulette {f}
:: small clock
pénectomie {f} [surgery]
:: penectomy
Pénélope {prop} {f} [Greek mythology]
:: Penelope (wife of Odysseus)
Pénélope {prop} {f}
:: given name
Penelopegate {prop} {m}
:: The Fillon affair, a political scandal involving improper employment of the family of French politician François Fillon
Pénélopegate {prop} {m}
:: alternative form of Penelopegate
pénéplaine {f} [geomorphology]
:: peneplain
pénétrabilité {f}
:: penetrability
pénétrable {adj}
:: penetrable
pénétramment {adv}
:: penetratingly
pénétrant {adj}
:: penetrant , penetrating
pénétratif {adj}
:: penetrative
pénétration {f}
:: penetration
pénétrativement {adv}
:: penetratively
pénétrer {vt}
:: to enter , to get in (to)
pénétrer {v}
:: to penetrate
pénétrer {v}
:: to see through somebody's lies or secret plans
pénétrer {v}
:: to penetrate (to enter sexually; to engage in penetrative sex)
pénétromètre {m}
:: penetrometer
Penha {prop} {m}
:: Penha (municipality)
Penha {prop} {m}
:: Penha (São Paulo , Brazil )
pénibilité {f}
:: hardness , strenuousness , severity
pénible {adj}
:: painful , hard , displeasing
pénible {adj}
:: annoying (about someone)
péniblement {adv}
:: horribly ; awfully
péniche {f}
:: barge
pénicillamine {f}
:: penicillamine
pénicillé {adj} [biology]
:: penicillate
pénicilline {f}
:: penicillin
pénicillium {m} [biology]
:: penicillium
pénien {adj}
:: penile
pénil {m}
:: mons veneris , mons
péninsulaire {adj}
:: peninsular
péninsule {f}
:: peninsula
péninsule ibérique {prop} {f}
:: Iberian Peninsula
pénis {m}
:: penis
pénitence {f}
:: penance
pénitencier {m}
:: penitentiary , prison
pénitencier {m} [Roman Catholic Church]
:: a priest who administers the sacrament of absolution
pénitent {adj}
:: penitent
pénitent {m}
:: penitent (one who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions)
pénitentiaire {adj}
:: penitentiary
pénitentiel {adj}
:: penitential
pénitentiel {adj}
:: penitant
penne {f}
:: large feather
penne {f}
:: penne (pasta)
penné {adj} [botany]
:: pinnate
penniforme {adj}
:: penniform
pennine {m} [mineralogy]
:: penninite (A double silicate of aluminium and magnesium )
pennon {m}
:: pennon (triangular flag)
pennon {m} [nautical]
:: pennant
pennon {m} [historical]
:: a local urban militia in medieval Lyon
pennonage {m}
:: The right to use a particular pennon
pennonage {m}
:: The pennon of a particular locality
Pennsylvanie {prop} {f}
:: Pennsylvania
penny {m}
:: penny
pénologie {f}
:: penology
pénombre {f}
:: penumbra
pénombre {f}
:: half-light , twilight
pensable {adj}
:: thinkable ; considerable (worthy of being considered)
pensant {adj}
:: thinking
pense-bête {m} [colloquial]
:: reminder
pensée {f}
:: a thought (first attested 1176 in Chrétien de Troyes , Cligès
pensée {f}
:: reflection , meditation , faculty of thinking (late 12th century)
pensée {f} [in the expression “être en pensée”]
:: worry , concern (late 12th century)
pensée {f}
:: the mind as the seat of thinking (c. 1200)
pensée {f} [obsolete]
:: amorous attachment (c. 1200)
pensée {f}
:: manner of thinking (c. 1215)
pensée {f}
:: an idea coming up in one's mind (c. 1220 in Anseïs de Carthage , 332)
pensée {f}
:: the guiding idea of a decision made or one's will (c. 1274 in Adenet Le Roi , Berte , 1644)
pensée {f}
:: moral disposition (first quarter of 13th century)
pensée {f}
:: an operation of the mind (since 1636)
pensée {f}
:: idea expressed by an author in a literary or artistic work (since 1621)
pensée {f}
:: thinking, worldview of an author
pensée {f}
:: a pansy (plant) (c. 1460)
penser {vi}
:: to think , reflect , concentrate one's mind on something
penser {vi}
:: to estimate , imagine , believe
penser {v} [originally with a que sentence]
:: to be of the opinion that, believe
penser {vi}
:: to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts
penser {vi}
:: to conceive a project
penser {v} [with de + object]
:: to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind
penser {v} [with à + object]
:: to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly
penser {v} [with infinitive]
:: to believe being or doing something
penser {v} [with mal or bien + de + object]
:: to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone
penser {v} [with de + infinitive]
:: to try or prepare to do something
penser {vtr} [obsolete]
:: to reflect on something
penser {v} [with à + object]
:: to bear , keep something in mind, to consider something
penser {v} [with infinitive]
:: to intend to do, aim at doing something
penser {vt}
:: to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat , ed. C. Appel, 5623)
penser {v} [with à + infinitive]
:: to intend to do, aim at doing something
penser {v} [with mal , obsolete]
:: to intend to do something bad
penser {v} [with à + object]
:: to take care of
penser {v} [with bien , in politics, religion, moral]
:: to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles
penser {v} [with adverb or adverbial expression]
:: to have a certain intellectual tendency , preference or property
penser avec sa bite {v} [vulgar, figuratively]
:: to think with one's little head , to think with one's cock , to think with one's dick
penseur {m}
:: thinker
pensif {adj}
:: pensive , thoughtful
pension {f}
:: A pension , regularly received payment
pension {f}
:: A pension, boarding house
pension {f}
:: A regularly made payment , as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
pension {f}
:: board ; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)
pension alimentaire {f} [for a child]
:: maintenance allowance , child support
pension alimentaire {f} [for a spouse]
:: alimony , divorce settlement
pensionnaire {mf}
:: boarder ; lodger
pensionnaire {mf}
:: pensioner
pensionnaire {mf}
:: boarder (someone in a boarding school)
pensionnat {m}
:: boarding school
pensionné {mf}
:: pensioner
pensivement {adv}
:: pensively , thoughtfully
pensum {m} [archaic]
:: punishment (at school); lines (UK )
pensum {m}
:: chore
pentacène {m} [organic compound]
:: pentacene
pentachlorure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pentachloride
pentacle {m}
:: pentacle
pentadécane {m} [organic compound]
:: pentadecane
pentadécanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pentadecanoic
pentadécylique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pentadecylic
pentaèdre {m}
:: pentahedron
pentaène {m} [organic chemistry]
:: pentaene
pentaérythritol {m} [organic compound]
:: pentaerythritol
pentafluorure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pentafluoride
pentagonal {adj}
:: pentagonal
pentagone {m}
:: pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles)
Pentagone {prop} {m}
:: Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense)
pentagramme {m}
:: pentagram
pentahydraté {adj} [chemistry]
:: pentahydrated
pentamère {m} [chemistry]
:: pentamer
pentamériser {v} [chemistry]
:: to pentamerize
pentaméthylène {m} [organic chemistry]
:: pentamethylene
pentanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pentanoic
pentaoxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pentoxide
pentaquark {m} [physics]
:: pentaquark
pentarchique {adj}
:: pentarchic
pentasulfure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pentasulfide
pentathionique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pentathionic
pentathlon {m}
:: pentathlon (discipline made up of five events)
pentathlon des neiges {m}
:: snow pentathlon (a five-leg five-sport race involving vélo (bicycling ), course (running ), ski de fond (crosscountry skiing ), patin (ice skating ), raquette (snowshoeing ).)
pentatomique {adj} [chemistry]
:: pentatomic
pentatriacontanoïque {adj} [organic compound]
:: pentatriacontanoic
pentavalent {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pentavalent
pentavalentement {adv}
:: pentavalently
pente {f}
:: slope
Pentecôte {prop} {f}
:: Pentecost , Whitsunday (Whit Sunday , Whitsun )
pentecôtisme {m} [Christianity]
:: Pentecostalism (a Protestant evangelical Christian religious movement)
pentecôtiste {adj}
:: Pentecostal
pente glissante {f} [figuratively]
:: slippery slope
pente savonneuse {f} [figuratively]
:: slippery slope
pentoxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pentoxide
pentu {adj}
:: sloping , slopy
pénultième {adj}
:: penultimate
pénurie {f}
:: dearth , lack , shortage ; penury
péon {m} [pejorative]
:: An agricultural labourer in Mexico
péone {f}
:: feminine singular of péon
people {m} [countable]
:: A celebrity , a famous person
pépé {m} [child talk]
:: grandpa
pépée {f} [colloquial]
:: bird , chick (young lady)
pépère {m} [childish]
:: affectionate name for a male, such as honey , sweetie , baby (etc.)
pépère {m} [Quebec]
:: grandfather (also spelled pépé )
pépie {m}
:: pip (disease of birds)
pépie {m}
:: Excessive thirst
pépiement {m}
:: chirp , tweet (bird sound)
pépier {v}
:: to chirp (make a short sound of a bird)
pépin {m}
:: pip (the seed from fruit)
pépin {m} [slang]
:: hitch , glitch (small problem encountered)
pépin {m} [slang]
:: umbrella
pépin {m} [slang]
:: parachute
pépinière {f}
:: nursery (for trees)
pépinière {f} [figuratively]
:: breeding ground
pépiniériste {mf}
:: nurseryman (or woman)
pépite {f}
:: nugget
péplos {m} [virology]
:: The envelope of a virus
péplum {m}
:: peplum (all senses)
peps {m}
:: pep (energy and enthusiasm)
pepsine {f}
:: pepsin
pepsinogène {m} [biochemistry]
:: pepsinogen
peptide {m} [biochemistry]
:: peptide
peptidique {adj}
:: peptidic
peptidoglycane {m} [biochemistry]
:: peptidoglycan
peptisant {m}
:: dispersant
peptisation {f}
:: peptization , dispersion
péquenaud {m}
:: country bumpkin , yokel , hick
péquenaude {f}
:: feminine singular of péquenaud
péquiste {mf} [Canadian politics]
:: a member or supporter of the Parti Québécois
péquiste {adj} [Canadian politics]
:: pertaining to the Parti Québécois
per- {prefix}
:: per-
peracétique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: peracetic
pérail {m}
:: A mild cheese made from sheep milk
perçage {m}
:: drilling
percale {f}
:: percale
perçant {adj}
:: piercing , shrill
perçant {adj}
:: sharp (vision, etc.)
percarbure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: percarbide
percée {f}
:: breakthrough
percée {f} [sports]
:: break , breakaway , counter-attack
percement {m}
:: piercing , boring , punching
perce-neige {mf}
:: snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
perce-oreille {m}
:: earwig (insect)
percepteur {m}
:: tax collector
perceptible {adj}
:: perceptible
perceptiblement {adv}
:: perceptibly
perceptif {adj}
:: perceptive
perception {f}
:: tax collection
perception {f}
:: perception
perceptrice {f}
:: feminine noun of percepteur
percer {v}
:: to pierce
percer {v} [figuratively]
:: to unravel , see through
percer à jour {vt} [figuratively]
:: to see right through (someone)
percer l'abcès {v}
:: synonym of crever l'abcès
perceuse {f}
:: drill (tool)
percevable {adj}
:: collectible , payable (taxes)
percevoir {v}
:: to perceive , to make out
percevoir {v}
:: to perceive (understand)
percevoir {v}
:: to receive (e.g. taxes)
perche {f}
:: perch (type of fish)
perche {f}
:: pole
perche {f} [sports]
:: pole-vaulting ; pole
perche {f} [skiing]
:: T-bar
perche {f}
:: boom (for microphone etc.)
perche {f}
:: perch (for birds)
perche {f}
:: rod (unit of length)
perche {f} [aeronautics]
:: probe
perche commune {f}
:: European perch (Perca fluviatilis
perche de mer {f}
:: European seabass
perche de rivière {f}
:: European perch (Perca fluviatilis
perche européenne {f}
:: European perch (Perca fluviatilis
perche franche {f}
:: European perch (Perca fluviatilis
percher {v}
:: to perch
perchiste {mf} [sports]
:: pole vaulter
perchiste {mf} [film]
:: boom operator
perchlorique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: perchloric
perchloroéthylène {m} [organic compound]
:: perchloroethylene
perchlorure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: perchloride
perchoir {m}
:: perch ; roost
perchoir {m} [colloquial]
:: the seat of the President of the French National Assembly
perclus {adj}
:: crippled
perclus {adj} [figuratively]
:: paralysed
percnoptère {m}
:: Egyptian vulture (of species Neophron percnopterus
percolateur {m}
:: percolator
percolation {f}
:: percolation
percoler {vi}
:: to percolate
percussion {f}
:: percussion (tapping of the body)
percussion {f} [music]
:: percussion
percussionniste {mf}
:: percussionist
percutané {adj}
:: percutaneous
percutant {adj} [music]
:: percussive
percutant {adj} [military]
:: that fragments on contact
percutant {adj} [figuratively]
:: striking , powerful , forceful
percuter {vt}
:: to hit ; to crash into
percuteur {m}
:: firing pin
perdable {adj}
:: losable
perdant {m}
:: loser
perdante {f}
:: feminine noun of perdant
perdition {f}
:: perdition
perdre {vt}
:: to lose (be unable to find)
perdre {vit}
:: to lose (not win)
perdre {vr}
:: to get lost
perdreau {m}
:: young partridge
perdre connaissance {v}
:: to lose consciousness , to pass out , to keel over , to faint
perdre de vue {vt}
:: to lose sight of
perdre de vue {vt} [figuratively]
:: to lose sight of , to lose touch with
perdre du temps {v}
:: to waste time
perdre du terrain {v} [figuratively]
:: to lose ground
perdre espoir {v}
:: to lose heart , to give up hope
perdre la boule {v} [colloquial]
:: to lose it , to lose the plot , to lose one's mind
perdre la face {v} [figuratively]
:: to lose face
perdre la main {v}
:: to become out of touch , to lose one's touch , to lose the habit of doing something
perdre la main {v} [cards]
:: to lose the advantage of going first
perdre la tête {v} [figuratively, idiom]
:: to lose one's head , to take leave of one's senses , to lose one's mind
perdre la vie {v} [euphemistic]
:: to lose one's life
perdre le nord {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to lose one's bearings , to be all at sea
perdre les eaux {v} [of a woman]
:: to lose the amniotic fluids just prior to delivery , to experience water breaking
perdre les pédales {v} [colloquial]
:: to lose it , to lose the plot , to lose one's mind
perdre patience {v}
:: to lose patience , to lose one's patience
perdre pied {v}
:: to get out of one's depth (to get in a body of water too deep for one to be able to touch the bottom)
perdre ses moyens {v}
:: to become flustered , to go to pieces
perdre son chemin {v}
:: to get lost , to lose one's way (to become lost)
perdre son latin {v} [colloquial]
:: to be confused , to be baffled , to be unsettled (by it, "it" being something previously mentioned)
perdre son sang-froid {v} [idiomatic]
:: to lose one's cool ; to lose one's head
perdre son temps {v}
:: to waste one's time
perdrix {f}
:: partridge (bird)
perdrix {f} [Louisiana French]
:: quail
perdu {adj}
:: lost
perdurable {adj}
:: perdurable
perdurablement {adv}
:: perdurably
perdurer {v}
:: to continue to exist , to last , to endure
père {m}
:: father (parent)
père {m}
:: father (clergyman)
père {m}
:: Sr. [senior] (postnomial title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son)
Père {prop} {m} [Christianity]
:: Father , person of the Holy Trinity
Père {prop} {m} [Christianity]
:: Father , title for priests
père de l'Église {m} [Christianity]
:: Church Father
père fouettard {m}
:: bogeyman (especially one who accompanies Father Christmas and threatens naughty children with a whip)
Père Fouettard {prop} {m}
:: In French culture, a traditional Yuletide character, who accompanies Saint Nicholas and punishes naughty children
pérégrin {adj}
:: foreign
pérégrination {f} [chiefly in the plural]
:: peregrination , travel
péremption {f}
:: expiry , expiration
péremption {f} [legal]
:: acquiescence , estoppel by acquiescence
péremptoire {adj}
:: peremptory ; irrefutable
péremptoirement {adv}
:: peremptorily
pérenne {adj}
:: perennial
pérenne {adj}
:: long-lasting
pérennisation {f}
:: perpetuation
pérennisation {f}
:: permanence
pérenniser {vt}
:: to perpetuate , sustain
pérennité {f}
:: durability , longevity , long-lastingness, perennity
père Noël {prop} {m}
:: alternative spelling of Père Noël
Père Noël {prop} {m}
:: Father Christmas ; Santa Claus
péréquation {f} [finance]
:: balancing out
perestroïka {f}
:: perestroika
Perey {prop}
:: surname
perf {f} [colloquial]
:: performance
perf {f} [colloquial]
:: perfusion
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 ; to make perfect
perfectionner {v}
:: to refine , hone , improve
perfectionnisme {m}
:: perfectionism (a dislike for anything less than perfection)
perfectionniste {mf}
:: perfectionist (person)
perfecto {m}
:: bomber jacket
perfide {adj}
:: perfidious (pertaining to perfidy)
perfidement {adv}
:: treacherously , perfidiously
perfidie {f}
:: perfidy
perfolié {adj} [botany]
:: perfoliate
perforant {adj}
:: perforating
perforant {adj}
:: perforant
perforateur {adj}
:: perforating
perforateur {m}
:: drill
perforateur {mf}
:: punch card operator
perforation {f}
:: perforation
perforatrice {f}
:: punch (device)
perforatrice {f}
:: card punch
perforé {adj}
:: perforated , pierced , punched
perforer {vt}
:: to perforate
perforer {vt}
:: to punch (holes in)
perforeuse {f}
:: punch (device)
perforeuse {f}
:: card punch
performance {f} [sports]
:: performance
performant {adj}
:: efficient , effective , performant
performatif {adj}
:: performative
performativement {adv}
:: performatively
performativité {f}
:: performativity
perfuser {v}
:: To perfuse
perfusion {f} [medicine]
:: perfusion , drip , intravenous injection
Pergame {prop}
:: Pergamon
Pergé {prop}
:: Pergé (town)
pergélisol {m}
:: permafrost (permanently frozen ground)
péri- {prefix}
:: peri- , round , about
péri {f}
:: peri
périanal {adj}
:: perianal
périapside {m} [astronomy]
:: periapsis
péricarde {m} [anatomy]
:: pericardium
péricardique {adj} [anatomy]
:: pericardial
péricardite {f} [pathology]
:: pericarditis
péricarpe {m}
:: pericarp
péricarpien {adj} [botany]
:: pericarpial
péricaryon {m}
:: perikaryon
Péricaud {prop}
:: surname
périchondre {m} [anatomy]
:: perichondrium
périclase {f} [mineral]
:: periclase
Périclès {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece]
:: Pericles
péricliter {vi} [dated]
:: to be in danger, in peril
péricliter {vi}
:: to go downhill , go to the dogs
péricope {f}
:: pericope (section of text forming a coherent thought)
péricrâne {m} [anatomy]
:: pericranium
périculeux {adj} [rare]
:: perilous , dangerous
péricycle {m}
:: pericycle
péricyclique {adj}
:: pericyclic
pérididyme {m} [anatomy]
:: perididymis
péridot {m}
:: peridot
péridural {adj}
:: epidural
péridurale {f}
:: epidural (injection)
périèque {adj}
:: Perioikoi
périèque {mf}
:: Perioikoi
périgée {m} [astronomy]
:: perigee (point in the orbit of any object)
périglaciaire {adj} [geology]
:: periglacial
périgourdin {adj}
:: Of or from Périgord or Périgueux
Périgourdin {m}
:: a native or resident of Périgord or Périgueux
Périgourdine {f}
:: feminine noun of Périgourdin
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
péril jaune {m} [pejorative]
:: yellow peril
périlleusement {adv}
:: perilously
périlleux {adj}
:: perilous
périlune {f}
:: perilune
périlymphe {f} [anatomy]
:: perilymph
périmé {adj}
:: expired ; past its expiration date
périmé {adj}
:: outdated
périmer {vt}
:: to make obsolete
périmer {vp}
:: to become obsolete
périmer {vp} [se périmer]
:: to become outdated , to become out of fashion , to expire
périmètre {m}
:: perimeter
périmysium {m} [anatomy]
:: perimysium
perinæe {m}
:: obsolete form of périnée
périnatal {adj}
:: perinatal
périnéal {adj}
:: perineal
périnée {m} [anatomy]
:: perineum
périnèvre {m} [anatomy]
:: perineurium
périodate {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: periodate
période {f}
:: period ; as in interval of time
période {f}
:: era
période {m}
:: point , locus
période de sûreté {f} [law]
:: non-parole period , minimum time served (period during which a prisoner cannot be paroled )
périodicité {f}
:: periodicity
periodique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: periodic
périodique {adj}
:: periodic
périodique {m}
:: periodical
périodiquement {adv}
:: periodically (in a regular, periodic manner)
périodisme {m}
:: synonym of périodicité
périodonte {m}
:: synonym of parodonte
periodure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: periodide
periombilical {adj}
:: periumbilical
périople {m} [anatomy]
:: periople
périorbite {f} [anatomy]
:: periorbita
périoste {m} [anatomy]
:: periosteum
périovulaire {adj} [anatomy]
:: periovular
péripatéticien {m}
:: A disciple of Aristotle , of the Peripatetic school
péripatéticien {m}
:: A peripatetic ; a wanderer
péripatéticien {adj}
:: of or relating to Aristotle and his philosophy; peripatetic
péripatéticien {adj}
:: wandering ; nomadic
péripatéticienne {f} [colloquial]
:: streetwalker , lady of the night
péripatétique {adj}
:: of or relating to Aristotle and his philosophy; peripatetic
péripatétiquement {adv}
:: peripatetically
péripatétisme {m}
:: peripatetic philosophy ; philosophy instituted by Aristotle
péripétie {f}
:: peripeteia (sudden change in circumstances)
péripétie {f} [by extension, in the plural]
:: chain of unexpected events
périphérie {f} [geometry]
:: perimeter
périphérie {f}
:: [of a town or city] outskirts
périphérique {m} [computing]
:: peripheral
périphérique {m}
:: ring road
périphérique {adj}
:: peripheral
périphériquement {adv}
:: peripherally
périphrase {f}
:: periphrase
périphrastique {adj} [rhetoric]
:: periphrastic (characterized by periphrase or circumlocution)
périphrastique {adj} [grammar, of a tense]
:: periphrastic (formed by a combination of words rather than morphemes)
périphyton {m} [biology]
:: periphyton
périple {m} [originally]
:: circumnavigation
périple {m}
:: journey , travel
péripolaire {adj}
:: peripolar
périr {v} [formal]
:: to perish
périscolaire {adj}
:: extracurricular
périscope {m}
:: periscope (viewing device)
périscopique {adj}
:: periscopic (relating to periscopes)
périssable {adj}
:: perishable
périssodactyle {m}
:: odd-toed ungulate (animal of the order Perissodactyla order)
péristaltique {adj}
:: peristaltic
péristyle {m} [architecture]
:: peristyle
péritectique {adj}
:: peritectic
péritectique {m}
:: peritectic
péritoine {m} [anatomy]
:: peritoneum
péritonéal {adj}
:: peritoneal
péritonite {f} [pathology]
:: peritonitis
péritrachéen {adj} [anatomy]
:: peritracheal
périurbain {adj}
:: peri-urban
périurbanisation {f}
:: peri-urbanization
périvasculaire {adj} [anatomy]
:: perivascular
périveineux {adj} [medicine]
:: perivenous
périventriculaire {adj} [anatomy]
:: periventricular
périvitellin {adj}
:: perivitelline
perlant {adj}
:: slightly effervescent (especially of wine)
perlatif {m} [grammar]
:: the perlative case
perle {f}
:: pearl
perlé {adj}
:: beaded
perlé {adj}
:: pearl (attributive)
perlèche {f}
:: angular cheilitis
perler {vi}
:: to bead (form into beads)
perle rare {f} [figuratively]
:: one in a million , extraordinary person , rare gem , real treasure , special someone
perlier {adj}
:: pearl (attributive)
perlimpinpin {m}
:: only used in poudre de perlimpinpin
perlot {m} [colloquial, archaic]
:: snout , baccy , tobacco
perluète {f}
:: ampersand
permaculture {f}
:: permaculture
permafrost {m}
:: permafrost
permagel {m}
:: permafrost
permalien {m}
:: permalink
permanemment {adv} [rare]
:: permanently
permanence {f}
:: permanence (state of being permanent)
permanence {f}
:: homeroom (classroom or classes)
permanent {adj}
:: permanent
permanent {m} [mathematics]
:: permanent
permanentement {adv}
:: permanently
permanganique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: permanganic
perméabilité {f}
:: permeability
perméable {adj}
:: permeable
perméase {f} [enzyme]
:: permease
perméation {f}
:: permeation
permettre {v}
:: to permit , to allow
permettre {vr}
:: to take the liberty of doing something
permien {adj}
:: Permian
Permien {prop} {m} [geology]
:: Permian
permis {m}
:: permit , licence
permis de conduire {m}
:: driver's license , driving licence
permis de construire {m}
:: planning permission , building permit
permis de séjour {m}
:: residence permit
permis de travail {m}
:: work permit
permissif {adj}
:: permissive , lenient
permission {f}
:: permission
permissionnaire {mf}
:: a soldier on leave
permittivité {f} [physics]
:: permittivity
permutable {adj}
:: permutable
permutation {f}
:: permutation
permuter {v}
:: to swap
permuter {v}
:: to permute
pernambouc {m}
:: brazilwood
Pernambouc {prop}
:: Pernambouc (state)
pernamboucain {adj}
:: Pernambucan
pernamboucain {m}
:: Pernambucan
pernamboucaine {f}
:: feminine singular of pernamboucain
perne {f}
:: A kind of saltwater mussel . (Mytiloida )
pernicieusement {adv}
:: perniciously
pernicieux {adj} [medicine, rare]
:: Insidious. Having a slow and discreet , but dangerous evolution
pernicieux {adj} [literary]
:: Morally harmful ; pernicious
pernicieux {adj} [dated]
:: Literally harmful or dangerous , usually of animals or persons
pernitreux {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: synonym of hypoazotique
péroné {m}
:: fibula , calf bone
péronier {adj} [anatomy]
:: peroneal
péronisme {m} [politics]
:: Peronism
péroniste {adj} [politics]
:: Peronist
péroniste {mf} [politics]
:: Peronist
péronnelle {f} [colloquial, pejorative]
:: silly talkative woman, gossip
péroraison {f} [rhetoric]
:: peroration (conclusion of a discourse)
pérorer {vi}
:: to hold forth , perorate
Pérou {prop} {m}
:: Pérou (country)
Pérouse {prop} {f}
:: Perugia (province)
Pérouse {prop} {f}
:: Perugia (city)
pérovskite {f} [mineral]
:: perovskite
peroxyacétique {m} [organic chemistry]
:: peroxyacetic
peroxydase {f} [enzyme]
:: peroxidase
péroxydase {f} [enzyme]
:: peroxidase
peroxydatif {adj}
:: peroxidative
peroxyde {m} [chemistry]
:: peroxide
peroxyder {v}
:: To peroxidize (all senses)
perpendiculaire {adj}
:: perpendicular (at or forming a right angle to)
perpendiculairement {adv}
:: perpendicularly
perpendicularité {f}
:: perpendicularity
perpète {f} [colloquial]
:: life sentence
perpétrer {vt}
:: to commit , perpetrate (a crime )
perpétuel {adj}
:: endless , perpetual , eternal
perpétuel {adj} [job position]
:: permanent
perpétuellement {adv}
:: perpetually
perpétuer {v}
:: to perpetuate
perpétuité {f}
:: perpetuity
Perpignan {prop} {m}
:: Perpignan (city)
perpignanais {adj}
:: of or from Perpignan
Perpignanais {m}
:: someone of or from Perpignan
Perpignanaise {f}
:: feminine noun of Perpignanais
perplexe {adj}
:: puzzled , perplexed
perplexité {f}
:: perplexity
perquisition {f} [legal]
:: act of searching for someone or something
perquisitionner {vi} [legal]
:: to carry out a search
Perrault {prop}
:: surname
perraultien {adj}
:: Perraultian
Perret {prop}
:: surname
perrhénate {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: perrhenate
perrhénique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: perrhenic
Perrin {prop}
:: surname
Perrine {prop}
:: given name, a feminine diminutive form of Pierre
perron {m}
:: steps (to an entranceway), perron
perronisme {m} [Quebec]
:: A usually humorous malapropism or mixed metaphor , especially when speaking extemporaneously
perroquet {m}
:: parrot (bird )
perroquet {m} [nautical]
:: topgallant (sail)
perroquetage {m}
:: parroting
perroqueter {v}
:: to parrot
Perrot {prop} {m}
:: surname
perruche {f}
:: parakeet ; parrot ; budgie (any of various birds)
perruque {f}
:: wig
perruque {f} [historical]
:: wig , periwig , peruke
perruquier {m}
:: wigmaker
perruquier {m} [obsolete]
:: hairdresser
perruquière {f}
:: feminine noun of perruquier
pers {adj} [literary]
:: blue-green (particularly used in reference to eyes)
persan {adj}
:: Persian
persan {m} [uncountable]
:: Persian language
persan {m} [countable]
:: Persian (cat)
Persan {m}
:: Persian , someone from Iran
Persane {f}
:: feminine noun of Persan
Perse {prop} {f}
:: Persia
Perse {mf}
:: Persian person
persécuter {v}
:: to persecute
persécuter {v} [by extension]
:: to annoy , to irritate
persécuteur {m}
:: persecutor
persécution {f}
:: persecution
persécutrice {f}
:: female equivalent of persécuteur
Persée {prop} {m}
:: Perseus
persel {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: persalt
Perséphone {prop} {f} [Greek mythology]
:: Persephone
Persépolis {prop} {f}
:: Persépolis (<<ancient>> ceremonial <<capital>> of the <<empire:Suf/Achaemenid>>, in modern <<c/Iran>>)
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
persicaire {f}
:: knotweed , smartweed (of the genus Persicaria
Perside {prop}
:: Pars (old name of Fars )
persienne {f}
:: shutter (on window)
persiffler {v}
:: alternative spelling of persifler
persiflage {m}
:: Ridicule or malicious mockery made under the guise of good-natured raillery
persifler {v}
:: to mock ; to goad
persil {m}
:: parsley
persillé {adj}
:: with the addition of parsley
persillé {adj}
:: marbled , veined
persique {adj}
:: Persian (of, or relating to, Old Persia)
persistance {f}
:: persistence
persistant {adj}
:: persistent
persistant {adj} [botany]
:: evergreen
persister {v}
:: to persist
perso {adj} [colloquial]
:: personal
perso {adj} [colloquial]
:: one's own
perso {adv} [colloquial]
:: personally (in one's own opinion)
perso {m} [video games]
:: character
personnage {m}
:: character (in a play, program, film)
personnalisable {adj}
:: personalizable , customizable
personnalisation {f}
:: customization , personalization
personnaliser {v}
:: to personalise , to customise
personnalisme {m}
:: personalism
personnalisme {m}
:: egoism
personnalité {f}
:: personality , character
personnalité {f}
:: personality (person)
personnalité {f} [archaic, rare]
:: personal attack
personne {f}
:: person
personne {pron}
:: [with ne] no one , nobody
personne {pron}
:: anyone
personne âgée {f} [euphemistic]
:: senior citizen , elderly person
personnel {adj}
:: personal
personnel {m}
:: staff , members of staff, personnel
personnellement {adv}
:: personally
personne morale {f} [law]
:: legal person
personne physique {f} [law]
:: natural person
personnification {f}
:: personification (person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea)
personnifier {vt}
:: to personify
perspective {f}
:: perspective
perspective {f}
:: prospect
perspectivisme {m}
:: perspectivism
perspicace {adj}
:: perspicacious (showing keen insight)
perspicacité {f}
:: insight , acumen , perspicacity
persuader {v}
:: to persuade
persuasif {adj}
:: persuasive
persuasion {f}
:: persuasion
persuasivement {adv}
:: persuasively
persulfure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: persulfide
persulfurique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: persulfuric / persulphuric
perte {f}
:: loss
perte {f}
:: ruin
pertechnétate {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pertechnetate
pertechnétique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pertechnetic
perte de temps {f}
:: waste of time
perte sèche {f} [economics]
:: deadweight loss
Perth {prop}
:: Perth (in Australia)
Perth {prop}
:: Perth (in Scotland)
pertinemment {adv}
:: pertinently
pertinemment {adv}
:: full well
pertinence {f}
:: pertinence ; relevance
pertinent {adj}
:: pertinent ; relevant
pertinent {adj}
:: judicious ; justified
pertuis {m}
:: hole
pertuisane {f}
:: partisan (kind of halberd)
perturbateur {m}
:: agitator , troublemaker
perturbateur {adj}
:: disruptive
perturbation {f}
:: disturbance
perturbation {f}
:: derangement
perturber {vt}
:: to disrupt , to disturb
perturber {vt}
:: to throw off , to fluster
péruginesque {adj}
:: Peruginesque
péruvien {adj}
:: Peruvian
Péruvien {m}
:: Peruvian person
Péruvienne {f}
:: feminine noun of Péruvien
pervaporer {v} [physics, chemistry]
:: To pervaporate
pervéance {f} [physics]
:: perveance
pervenche {f}
:: periwinkle
pervenche {f}
:: (female) traffic warden , meter maid [US]
pervers {adj}
:: perverse
pervers {adj}
:: sexually perverted , raunchy
pervers {m}
:: a lecher
perversement {adv}
:: perversely ; in a perverted fashion
perversion {f}
:: perversion
perversité {f}
:: perversity
perversité {f}
:: depravity
pervertir {v}
:: to worsen ; to corrupt
perxénate {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: perxenate
pérylène {m} [organic compound]
:: perylene
pesage {m}
:: weighing
pesage {m}
:: weighing in (of a jockey before/after a race)
pesamment {adv}
:: heavily
pesant {adj} [often, figuratively]
:: heavy
pesanteur {f} [physics]
:: gravity
pesanteur {f}
:: weight
pesanteur {f}
:: heaviness
pesanteur {f} [said of a person]
:: slowness , dullness
Pescara {prop}
:: Pescara (province)
Pescara {prop}
:: Pescara (capital city)
Pescheur {prop}
:: surname
pèse-lait {m}
:: lactometer (device to weight cream)
peser {vi}
:: to weigh (to have a weight of)
peser {vi} [computers]
:: of a file , to have a given size
peser {vt}
:: To weigh (to see how much something weighs)
peser dans la balance {v} [figuratively]
:: to enter the equation , to carry weight
peser le pour et le contre {v} [figuratively]
:: to weigh up the pros and cons
peser ses mots {v} [figuratively]
:: to weigh one's words
peseta {f}
:: peseta
peshmerga {m}
:: peshmerga
pessaire {m} [medicine]
:: pessary (medical device most commonly used to support a displaced uterus)
pessaire {m} [medicine]
:: pessary (contraceptive)
pesse {f} [archaic]
:: spruce
pessimisme {m}
:: pessimism (general belief that bad things will happen)
pessimiste {mf}
:: pessimist
pessimiste {adj}
:: pessimistic
peste {f}
:: plague (disease)
peste {f} [colloquial]
:: brat
peste {f} [colloquial, of a girl]
:: pest
peste bubonique {f}
:: bubonic plague
peste noire {f}
:: Black Death
peste porcine {f} [pathology]
:: swine fever
pester {v}
:: to rant , curse , fulminate
pesteux {adj}
:: plague (attributive)
pesticide {m}
:: pesticide
pestiféré {adj}
:: pestiferous
pestiféré {mf}
:: plague victim
pestilence {f} [archaic or literary]
:: pest epidemic ; pestilence
pestilence {f}
:: extremely foul smell
pestilentiel {adj}
:: pestilent , foul
pestilentiel {adj}
:: pestilential
pet {m} [colloquial]
:: fart
pet {m} [colloquial]
:: [nonstandard] Common apocope for pétard (pronounced in singular and plural). Rarely pèt
PET {m}
:: PET (polyethylene terephthalate); abbreviation of polyéthylène téréphtalate
peta- {prefix}
:: peta-
péta- {prefix}
:: peta-
pétaflop {m} [computing]
:: petaflop
pétage {m} [slang]
:: The act of farting
pétage {m} [slang]
:: The act of breaking
pétage de plombs {v} [idiomatic]
:: Descent into madness , the act or process of going crazy
pétage de plombs {v} [idiomatic]
:: Loss of control (of one's faculties )
pétainisme {m}
:: Pétainism
pétainiste {adj}
:: Pétainist
pétainiste {mf}
:: Pétainist
pétakatal {m}
:: petakatal
pétale {m} [botany]
:: petal
pétalite {f} [mineralogy]
:: petalite
pétaloïde {adj}
:: petaloid
pétanque {f}
:: pétanque
pétanqueur {m}
:: A pétanque player
pétanqueuse {f}
:: feminine singular of pétanqueur
pétaoctet {m} [computing]
:: petabyte (1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes)
pétaoctet {m} [computing]
:: petabyte (1015 bytes)
Pétaouchnock {prop}
:: Timbuktoo (an imagined, very distant, place)
pétaradant {adj}
:: spluttering , sputtering
pétarade {f}
:: backfire
pétarader {vi}
:: to backfire
pétard {m}
:: firecracker (firework)
pétard {m} [slang]
:: joint (marijuana cigarette)
pétard {m} [slang]
:: revolver
pétard {m} [slang]
:: buttocks
pétard {m} [slang]
:: beautiful woman
pétard mouillé {m}
:: damp squib (firework that fails to go off, due to wetting)
pétard mouillé {m} [idiomatic]
:: damp squib
PETase {f}
:: PETase (an enzyme that breaks down PET)
pétase {m}
:: petasus
pétasite {m} [plant]
:: butterbur
pétasse {f} [colloquial, dated]
:: prostitute , whore
pétasse {f} [colloquial, pejorative]
:: bitch , cunt [objectionable woman]
pétaudière {f}
:: bedlam , bear garden (scene of tumult and disorder)
pet de nonne {m}
:: alternative spelling of pet-de-nonne
pet-de-nonne {m}
:: A small choux pastry eaten during carnival season in France (especially Alsace ) and Belgium
PETE {m}
:: PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) abbreviation of polyéthylène téréphtalate
pété {adj} [slang]
:: broken
pété {adj} [slang]
:: drunk (intoxicated by alcohol)
pété {adj} [games, slang]
:: overpowered (overly powerful)
pète {f} [Belgium]
:: fail (of an exam)
pète {f} [Belgium]
:: butt
pète-burnes {adj} [figuratively, vulgar]
:: irritating , annoying as fuck
pète-burnes {m} [figuratively, vulgar]
:: ball-buster ; pain ; pain in the arse (someone who is irritating)
pétéchial {adj} [pathology]
:: petechial
pète-couilles {adj} [figuratively, vulgar]
:: irritating , annoying as fuck
pète-couilles {m} [figuratively, vulgar]
:: ball-buster ; pain ; pain in the arse (someone who is irritating)
pété de thunes {adj} [colloquial, slang]
:: filthy rich , loaded (with money )
pétélin {m}
:: synonym of térébinthe
péter {v} [slang, vulgar]
:: to blow off , fart
péter {v} [slang]
:: to break
péter {v} [slang]
:: to explode
péter des flammes {v} [colloquial]
:: to be on fire
péter la forme {v} [colloquial]
:: to be in great shape , to be in great form , to be fighting fit
péter la gueule {v} [slang, ]
:: to punch someone's face
péter la santé {v} [colloquial]
:: to be in great health , to be bursting with health, to be in vibrant health
péter le feu {v} [colloquial]
:: to be in great shape , to be in great form , to be fighting fit
péter les couilles {v} [vulgar]
:: To piss off , to annoy a lot
péter les plombs {v} [idiomatic]
:: To go crazy
péter les plombs {v} [idiomatic]
:: To get (very) angry
péter plus haut que son cul {v} [figuratively, vulgar, pejorative]
:: to think one's shit doesn't stink , to think the sun shines out of one's arse , to think one is the shit , to think one is the business , to think one is hot shit (to be full of oneself )
Petersbach {prop}
:: Petersbach (commune)
péter un câble {v}
:: See: fr péter un câble
péter un câble {v} [idiomatic]
:: To go crazy
péter un câble {v} [idiomatic]
:: To get (very) angry
péter une durite {v} [colloquial]
:: to get very angry , to shit a brick
péter un plomb {v}
:: See: fr péter un plomb
péter un plomb {v} [colloquial]
:: To go crazy
péter un plomb {v} [colloquial]
:: To get (very) angry, to shit a brick
pète-sec {adj} [colloquial]
:: snippy
péteur {m} [vulgar]
:: farter , one who breaks wind
péteuse {f}
:: feminine noun of péteur
péteux {adj}
:: timid , cowardly
péteux {adj} [Belgium]
:: pretentious , stuck-up
pet foireux {m} [colloquial, vulgar]
:: shart
pétillant {adj}
:: fizzy
pétillement {m}
:: twinkle , sparkle
pétillement {m}
:: crackle , crackling
pétillement {m}
:: fizz , bubbling up, bubbling
pétiller {vi} [of a liquid]
:: to fizz , to be fizzy , bubble , bubble up
pétiller {vi} [of fire, flames etc.]
:: to crackle
pétiller {vi} [of eyes]
:: to sparkle , twinkle , flutter
pétiole {m} [botany]
:: leafstalk , petiole
petiot {m}
:: little one
petit {adj}
:: small
petit {adj}
:: little
petit {adj}
:: petty
petit {m}
:: small one (anything that is small)
petit {m}
:: little one (anything that is little)
petit {m}
:: little one ; child (of humans or other animals)
petit {m}
:: the young (of a species )
Petit {prop}
:: surname
petit ami {m}
:: boyfriend (boy/man to whom one has a romantic attachment )
petit à petit {adv}
:: little by little , bit by bit
petit à petit, l'oiseau fait son nid {proverb}
:: slow and steady wins the race ; little strokes fell great oaks ; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step ; many a mickle makes a muckle
petit blanc {m} [Haiti, historical]
:: a poor white person who does not own a plantation
petit boulot {m} [colloquial]
:: odd job (temporary employment)
Petit Chaperon rouge {prop}
:: Little Red Riding Hood
petit coin {m} [colloquial]
:: loo (toilet)
petit comité {m} [figuratively]
:: small group
petit copain {m} [colloquial]
:: boyfriend
petit déjeuner {m} [chiefly France]
:: breakfast (morning meal)
petit doigt {m} [colloquial]
:: little finger (outermost and smallest finger of the hand), auricular
petit-duc {m}
:: scops owl
petite amie {f}
:: feminine noun of petit ami : girlfriend (girl/woman to whom one has a romantic attachment )
petite annonce {f}
:: a single classified advertisement
petite bite {f} [vulgar]
:: pansy , chickenshit (person with little courage or bravery)
petite bourgeoisie {f}
:: petite bourgeoisie
petite capitale {f}
:: small caps (font variant)
petite copine {f} [colloquial]
:: feminine noun of petit copain : girlfriend
petite couronne {prop} {f}
:: The zone consisting of the three departments (Hauts-de-Seine , Val-de-Marne , Seine-Saint-Denis ) that border the city of Paris
petit écran {m}
:: small screen
petite cuiller {f}
:: alternative spelling of petite cuillère
petite cuillère {f}
:: teaspoon
petite culotte {f}
:: [clothing] knickers
petite-fille {f}
:: granddaughter (daughter of someone’s child)
petite finale {f}
:: small final
Petite-Forêt {prop} {f}
:: Petite-Forêt (commune)
petite frappe {f} [colloquial, derogatory]
:: a small-time bully , a little hoodlum , a little yobbo , a little thug
petite main {m} [sewing]
:: trainee seamstress , assistant seamstress, low-rank seamstress
petite main {m} [pejorative, figuratively]
:: low-paid worker , worker employed to do menial jobs, dogsbody
petitement {adv}
:: poorly
petitement {adv}
:: meanly
petitement {adv}
:: pettily
petite mort {f} [idiomatic, poetic]
:: orgasm
petite nature {f} [colloquial]
:: a faint-hearted person, a wimp , a weakling , a sensitive type, a delicate flower, a wuss , a pansy
petit-enfant {m}
:: grandchild (child of someone’s child)
petite-nièce {f}
:: grandniece (daughter of a niece or nephew)
petite nyctale {f}
:: Acadian owl (Aegolius acadicus)
Petite Ourse {prop} {f}
:: Ursa Minor (constellation)
petit épeautre {m}
:: einkorn wheat
petite perception {f} [psychology]
:: petite perception
petite pluie abat grand vent {proverb} [figuratively]
:: small rain lays great dust ; a little kindness goes a long way
Petite Russie {prop} {f}
:: Little Russia
petites gens {fp}
:: the little people (the lower class )
petites heures {fp}
:: small hours , wee small hours
petites lèvres {fp}
:: labia minora
petite sœur {f}
:: little sister
petite sœur {f} [slang]
:: another drink like the one before; the same again
petite souris {f}
:: tooth fairy
petitesse {f}
:: smallness , littleness
petitesse {f}
:: pettiness
petitesse {f}
:: petiteness
petite vérole {f} [archaic]
:: smallpox
petit filet {m} [football]
:: side-netting
petit-fils {m}
:: grandson
petit four {m}
:: petit four
pétition {f}
:: petition (a written request containing many signatures)
pétition de principe {f}
:: petitio principii , an instance of begging the question
pétitionnaire {mf}
:: petitioner
pétitionner {v}
:: to petition
pétitionneur {m} [rare]
:: petitioner
petitissime {adj}
:: very small, very little, or both
Petitjean {prop} {mf}
:: surname]
petit joueur {m} [colloquial]
:: bit player
petit jour {m}
:: dawn , daybreak
petit juif {m}
:: funny bone
petit-lait {m}
:: whey
petit largue {m} [nautical]
:: close reach
petit-maître {m} [archaic]
:: dandy , coxcomb
petit mal {m} [medicine]
:: petit mal
petit matin {m}
:: early morning , small hours , wee hours
petit monde {m} [Louisiana French]
:: a child
petit nègre {m} [derogatory]
:: A pidgin language that West African soldiers historically used to communicate with the occupying French army
petit nègre {m} [derogatory, by extension]
:: Any other language incompetently spoken
petit nègre {adj} [derogatory, of language]
:: ineptly articulated; broken
petit-nègre {n}
:: alternative spelling of petit nègre
petit-nègre {adj}
:: alternative spelling of petit nègre
petit-neveu {m}
:: grandnephew (grandson of a sibling)
petit pain {m}
:: synonym of pain au chocolat
petit pain au chocolat {m} [Belgium]
:: synonym of pain au chocolat
petit panda {m}
:: red panda (Ailurus fulgens )
petit pois {m}
:: pea (the vegetable)
petit poisson deviendra grand {proverb}
:: mighty oaks from little acorns grow
petit pont {m} [soccer]
:: nutmeg
petit-russien {adj}
:: Little Russian
Petit-Russien {m}
:: Little Russian
pétochard {adj} [colloquial]
:: yellow-bellied (shy, timid)
pétoche {f} [colloquial]
:: fear
pétocher {vi} [colloquial]
:: to fear
pétoire {f} [colloquial]
:: peashooter (old or ineffective gun)
pétomane {mf}
:: A flatulist
pétomane {mf}
:: A prolific farter
peton {m} [colloquial]
:: foot
pétoncle {mf}
:: scallop (bivalve)
pétrarquisme {m}
:: Petrarchism
pétrel {m}
:: petrel (bird)
Petrescu {prop}
:: surname
pétreux {adj} [anatomy]
:: petrosal
pétri {adj} [followed by the preposition de ]
:: full of something, puffed up with something
pétrification {f}
:: petrification , petrifaction
pétrifier {v}
:: to petrify (turn to stone)
pétrifier {v}
:: to petrify , to paralyze (freeze with fear)
pétrin {m}
:: kneading trough
pétrin {m} [figuratively, colloquial]
:: a pickle , mess , scrape , the soup
pétrir {v}
:: to knead
pétrir {v}
:: to mould into shape
pétrissage {m}
:: kneading
pétro- {prefix}
:: petro-
pétrochimie {f}
:: petrochemical industry
pétrochimique {adj}
:: petrochemical
pétrocorien {adj}
:: Of or from Périgueux
Pétrocorien {m}
:: Native or inhabitant of Périgueux
Pétrocorienne {f}
:: feminine singular of Pétrocorien
pétrodollar {m}
:: petrodollar
pétrogène {adj} [geology]
:: petrogenetic
pétroglyphe {m}
:: petroglyph
pétrographe {mf}
:: petrographer
pétrographie {f}
:: petrography
pétrographique {adj}
:: petrographic
pétrographiquement {adv}
:: petrographically
pétrolatum {m}
:: petrolatum
pétrole {m}
:: petroleum
pétrole {m}
:: oil
pétrole {m}
:: hydrocarbon
pétrolette {f}
:: moped
pétroleur {m}
:: An arsonist who lights fires with petrol
pétroleuse {f}
:: feminine noun of pétroleur
pétrolier {adj} [attributive]
:: petrol ; oil
pétrolier {m}
:: oil tanker
pétrolier {m}
:: oil worker
pétrolière {f}
:: oil company
pétrolifère {adj}
:: of or related to petroleum or oil , oil-producing
pétrologie {f}
:: petrology
pétrologique {adj} [geology]
:: petrological
pétrologue {mf}
:: petrologist
Petronille {prop}
:: given name
Pétronille {prop}
:: given name
pétrosélinique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: petroselinic
pétulamment {adv}
:: petulantly
pétulance {f}
:: petulance
pétulant {adj}
:: exuberant , lively
pétulant {adj}
:: impetuous
petun {m}
:: alternative form of pétun
pétun {m} [obsolete]
:: tobacco
pétuner {v} [obsolete]
:: to smoke , especially tobacco
pétuner {v} [obsolete]
:: to take snuff
pétunia {m}
:: petunia
pet vaginal {m}
:: queef , fanny fart
peu {adv}
:: little ; not very much/many
peu {m}
:: few
peu {m}
:: little
peu à peu {adv}
:: bit by bit , little by little , gradually , by degrees
peucédanin {m} [organic compound]
:: peucedanin
Peugeot {prop}
:: surname (Particularly that of the dynastic car-manufacturing family.)
Peugeot {prop}
:: A French motorcar manufacturer
Peuhl {m}
:: alternative spelling of Peul
Peuhle {f}
:: feminine singular of Peuhl
peu importe {interj}
:: no matter , never mind , it doesn't matter
peu importe {prep}
:: no matter the, no matter what , regardless of
peul {adj}
:: relating to Fula
peul {m}
:: Fula (language)
Peul {m}
:: a member of the Fula people
peulh {adj}
:: alternative form of peul
Peulh {m}
:: alternative spelling of Peul
Peulhe {f}
:: feminine singular of Peulh
peu ou prou {adv}
:: more or less
peuplade {f}
:: tribe , people
peuple {m}
:: people (in the sense of nationality or ethnic group)
peuplé {adj}
:: populated ; inhabited
peuple élu {m} [religion]
:: Chosen People
peuplement {m}
:: populating (act of increasing a population, or of a population increasing)
peupler {v}
:: to populate
peupleraie {f}
:: poplar grove
peuplier {m}
:: poplar
peur {f} [countable and uncountable]
:: fear
peur bleue {f}
:: terror , strong fear
peureusement {adv}
:: fearfully
peureux {adj}
:: fearful
peut-être {adv}
:: maybe , perhaps
p. ex. {adv}
:: abbreviation of par exemple ; e.g.
pèze {m} [colloquial]
:: dosh , dough (money)
pff {interj}
:: pff
pfff {interj}
:: alternative spelling of pff
PFK {prop} {m}
:: KFC (chain of fast-food chicken restaurants)
pfut {interj} [colloquial]
:: Expressing disinterest
PGCD {m} [mathematics]
:: initialism of plus grand commun dénominateur or plus grand commun diviseur gcd
phacochère {m}
:: warthog
phænomene {m}
:: obsolete form of phénomène
phaéton {m}
:: phaeton
-phage {suffix}
:: -phage
phage {m}
:: synonym of bactériophage
phagédénique {adj}
:: gangrenous
phagnalon {m}
:: phagnalon
phagocytage {m} [biology]
:: phagocytosis
phagocytage {m}
:: swallowing up
phagocytaire {adj} [biology]
:: phagocytic
phagocyter {vt} [biology]
:: to phagocytize
phagocyter {vt}
:: to swallow up
phagotrophie {f} [biology]
:: phagotrophy
phagotrophique {adj} [biology]
:: phagotrophic
phalange {f} [anatomy]
:: phalanx
phalange {f} [historical]
:: phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.)
phalangère {f}
:: Any plant of the genus Anthericum
phalangère {f}
:: spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
phalangette {f} [anatomy]
:: distal phalange
phalangien {adj} [anatomy]
:: phalangeal , phalangian
phalangine {f} [anatomy]
:: intermediate phalange
phalangiste {m}
:: scarab beetle
phalangiste {m}
:: Falangist
phalanstère {m}
:: phalanstery
phalarope {m}
:: phalarope
phalène {mf}
:: moth (especially a geometrid moth )
phallique {adj}
:: phallic
phalliquement {adv}
:: phallically
phallocentrique {adj}
:: phallocentric
phallocrate {mf}
:: male chauvinist
phallocratie {f}
:: male chauvinism
phalloïdine {f}
:: phalloidin
Pham {prop}
:: surname
Phan {prop}
:: surname
phanère {m} [chiefly in the plural]
:: dander (skin flakes etc)
phanérogame {m} [biology]
:: phanerogam
phanérogamie {f} [biology]
:: phanerogamy
phanérogamique {adj} [biology]
:: phanerogamic
phanérophyte {m} [botany]
:: phanerophyte
phanérozoïque {adj}
:: Phanerozoic
phantaisie {f}
:: alternative form of fantaisie
phantasier {v}
:: obsolete form of fantasier
phantasmagorie {f}
:: alternative form of fantasmagorie
phantasmagorique {adj}
:: alternative form of fantasmagorique
phantasmascope {m}
:: obsolete form of fantasmascope
phantasmatique {adj}
:: phantasmic
phantasmatiquement {adv}
:: phantasmically
phantasme {m}
:: alternative form of fantasme
phantasque {adj}
:: alternative form of fantasque
phantastiquer {v}
:: obsolete form of fantastiquer
phantôme {m}
:: alternative form of fantôme
pharaon {m}
:: pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)
pharaonique {adj}
:: pharaonic
pharaonique {adj}
:: colossal
phare {adj}
:: leading , signature , key , flagship
phare {m}
:: lighthouse
phare {m}
:: lantern in a lighthouse
phare {m}
:: headlight (of a vehicle)
phare {m}
:: headlamp (of a vehicle)
phare {m} [figuratively]
:: beacon , luminary
phare {m} [nautical]
:: the set of sails on the mast
phare antibrouillard {m} [automotive]
:: fog light , fog lamp
pharisaïque {adj}
:: pharisaic
pharisaïquement {adv}
:: pharisaically
pharisien {m}
:: Pharisee
pharisien {adj}
:: Pharisee
pharmaceutique {adj}
:: pharmaceutical
pharmacie {f}
:: pharmacy , drugstore
pharmacien {m}
:: pharmacist
pharmacien {m}
:: chemist (dispensing chemist )
pharmacien {m}
:: apothecary
pharmacienne {f}
:: feminine noun of pharmacien
pharmacochimie {f} [chemistry]
:: pharmacochemistry
pharmacodépendance {f}
:: pharmacodependence (drug dependency )
pharmacognosie {f}
:: pharmacognosy
pharmacologie {f}
:: pharmacology
pharmacologique {adj}
:: pharmacologic , pharmacological
pharmacologiquement {adv}
:: pharmacologically
pharmacopée {f}
:: pharmacopoeia
pharmacopœe {f}
:: obsolete form of pharmacopée
pharyngé {adj}
:: pharyngeal
pharyngectomie {f} [surgery]
:: pharyngectomy
pharyngien {adj}
:: pharyngeal
pharyngite {f} [pathology]
:: pharyngitis
pharynx {m} [anatomy]
:: pharynx
phasaire {adj} [biology]
:: Relating to phases or development
phascolome {m} [dated]
:: Wombat
phase {f}
:: phase
phase de poule {f} [sports]
:: group stage
phase éruptive {f} [geology]
:: eruptive phase
phaséolique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: phaseolic
phasme {m}
:: stick insect
phasmide {m} [biology]
:: phasmid
phatique {adj}
:: phatic (more polite than meaningful)
phatiquement {adv}
:: phatically
phénakistiscope {m}
:: phenakistoscope
phénakite {f} [mineral]
:: phenakite
phénalène {m} [organic compound]
:: phenalene
phénanthrène {m} [organic compound]
:: phenanthrene
phénantroline {f} [organic compound]
:: phenanthroline
Phénicie {prop}
:: Phoenicia
phénicien {m}
:: Phoenician language
phénicien {adj}
:: Phoenician
Phénicien {m}
:: Phoenician person
Phénicienne {f}
:: feminine noun of Phénicien
phénix {m} [mythology]
:: phoenix
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
phénoménal {adj}
:: phenomenal
phénoménalement {adv}
:: phenomenally
phénomène {m}
:: phenomenon (curious occurrence)
phénoménologie {f}
:: phenomenology
phénoménologique {adj}
:: phenomenological
phénoménologiquement {adv}
:: phenomenologically
phénoménologiste {mf}
:: phenomenologist
phénoplaste {m} [organic chemistry]
:: phenol formaldehyde resin
phénothiazine {m} [organic compound]
:: phenothiazine
phénotype {m} [genetics]
:: phenotype
phényl {m} [organic chemistry]
:: phenyl
phénylalanine {f} [amino acid]
:: phenylalanine
phénylamine {f} [organic compound]
:: phenylamine
phénylcétonurie {f} [pathology]
:: phenylketonuria
phényle {m} [organic chemistry]
:: phenyl
phénylène {m} [organic chemistry]
:: phenylene
phénylhydrazine {f} [organic compound]
:: phenylhydrazine
phénylméthane {m} [organic compound]
:: phenylmethane
phéochromocytome {m} [pathology]
:: pheochromocytoma
Phérécyde {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece]
:: Pherecydes
phéromonal {adj}
:: pheromonal
phéromonalement {adv}
:: pheromonally
phéromone {f}
:: pheromone
phérormone {f}
:: alternative form of phéromone
phi {m}
:: phi (Greek letter)
Phil {prop} {m}
:: given name, diminutive of Philippe
Philadelphie {prop} {f}
:: Philadelphie (large city)
philaire {m}
:: Any plant of the genus Phillyrea
philanthrope {mf}
:: philanthropist
philanthropie {f}
:: philanthropy
philanthropique {adj}
:: philanthropic (all meanings)
philantrope {mf}
:: alternative form of philanthrope
philatélie {f}
:: philately
philatélique {adj}
:: philatelic (stamp collecting)
philatéliste {mf}
:: philatelist
-phile {suffix}
:: -philic , -phile
Philémon {prop} {m}
:: Philemon
philharmonie {f} [music]
:: philharmonic orchestra or society
philharmonique {adj}
:: philharmonic
philharmonique {m}
:: philharmonic
Philibert {prop}
:: given name
-philie {suffix}
:: -philia
Philippe {prop}
:: given name. Very popular in 20th century France, next only to Jean and Pierre
Philippe {prop}
:: Philip [biblical character]
Philippe {prop}
:: surname
Philippiens {prop} {m} [Bible]
:: Philippians
philippin {adj}
:: Filipino (of, or from the Philippines)
Philippin {m}
:: Filipino , someone from the Philippines
Philippine {f}
:: feminine noun of Philippin
Philippines {prop} {fp}
:: Philippines (country)
philistin {adj}
:: philistine
philistin {m}
:: philistine
philo {f} [colloquial]
:: philosophy
Philodème {prop} {m}
:: Philodemus
philogynie {f}
:: philogyny
philologie {f}
:: philology
philologique {adj}
:: philological
philologiquement {adv}
:: philologically
philologue {mf}
:: philologist
Philomène {prop} {f}
:: given name
philosophal {adj} [attributive]
:: philosopher (meaning alchemist )
philosophe {mf}
:: philosopher
philosopher {v}
:: to philosophize
philosophie {f}
:: philosophy , the study of thoughts
philosophie {f}
:: philosophy , one's manner of thinking
philosophie {f} [printing, dated]
:: small pica : 11-point type
philosophie {f}
:: a philosophical (calm and stoically accepting) attitude
philosophique {adj}
:: philosophical
philosophiquement {adv}
:: philosophically
philosophisme {m}
:: philosophism
philtre {m}
:: philter (a kind of potion, charm, or drug intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver)
philtrum {m}
:: philtrum
philuméniste {mf}
:: phillumenist (matchbox collector)
phimosis {m} [medicine]
:: phimosis
phlébectomie {f} [surgery]
:: phlebectomy
phlébite {f} [pathology]
:: phlebitis
phlébologie {f}
:: phlebology
phlébologue {mf}
:: phlebologist
phlébotomie {f}
:: phlebotomy
Phlégéthon {prop} {m}
:: Phlegethon
phlegmatique {adj}
:: phlegmatic
phlegmatiquement {adv}
:: phlegmatically
phlegme {m} [archaic, obsolete]
:: alternative spelling of flegme
Phlégon {prop}
:: Phlegon
phloème {m}
:: phloem
phlogistique {m} [obsolete, chemsitry]
:: phlogiston
phlogistique {adj} [obsolete, chemistry]
:: phlogistic
phlogistiqué {adj}
:: phlogisticated
phlogistiquer {v}
:: To phlogisticate
phlogopite {f} [mineral]
:: phlogopite
-phobie {suffix}
:: -phobia
phobie {f}
:: phobia
phocéen {adj}
:: Phocean
phocéen {adj}
:: Marseillais , from Marseille
phocénine {f}
:: phocenin
phoeniciculteur {m}
:: date palm farmer
phoeniciculteuse {f}
:: feminine singular of phoeniciculteur
phoeniciculture {f}
:: date palm cultivation
Phœnicie {prop} {f}
:: obsolete form of Phénicie
phœnicien {adj}
:: obsolete form of phénicien
phœnicien {m}
:: obsolete form of phénicien
Phœnicien {m}
:: obsolete form of Phénicien
Phœnicienne {f}
:: feminine singular of Phœnicien
phœnix {m}
:: alternative form of phénix
phonatoire {adj}
:: phonatory
phonautographe {m}
:: phonautograph
-phone {suffix}
:: speaker of a specific language
-phone {suffix}
:: something that makes a sound e.g. saxophone
phone {m}
:: phon (a unit of apparent loudness)
phone {m} [linguistics]
:: phone
phonème {m} [linguistics]
:: phoneme
phonémique {adj}
:: phonemic (relating to phonemes)
phonémique {f}
:: phonemics
phoner {v}
:: to ring , call , phone
phonéticien {m}
:: phonetician
phonéticienne {f}
:: feminine noun of phonéticien
phonétique {adj}
:: phonetic
phonétique {f} [linguistics]
:: phonetics
phonétiquement {adv}
:: phonetically
phonique {adj}
:: phonic
phoniquement {adv}
:: phonically
phono- {prefix}
:: phono-
phonogramme {m} [linguistics]
:: phonogram
phonographe {m}
:: phonograph , gramophone (old-fashioned)
phonographie {f}
:: phonography
phonographié {adj}
:: recorded (on a gramophone record)
phonographique {adj}
:: phonographic
phonologie {f} [linguistics]
:: phonology
phonologique {adj}
:: phonological
phonologiquement {adv}
:: phonologically
phonologisation {f}
:: phonologization
phonologiser {v}
:: to phonologize
phonologue {mf}
:: phonologist
phonomètre {m}
:: phonometer
phonométrie {m}
:: phonometry
phoque {m}
:: seal (pinniped)
phoque {m}
:: sealskin (fabric made from fur of seals)
phoque barbu {m}
:: bearded seal
phoque-garou {m}
:: wereseal , selkie
phoquier {adj}
:: of or relating to seals or seal hunting
phoquier {m}
:: sealship (boat or ship used for seal hunting)
-phore {suffix}
:: -phore
phosgène {m} [organic compound]
:: phosgene
phosphate {m}
:: phosphate
phosphaté {adj}
:: phosphate -enriched
phosphatémie {f} [pathology]
:: phosphatemia
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
phosphépine {m} [organic compound]
:: phosphepine
phospho- {prefix}
:: phospho-
phosphoacylglycérol {m} [organic chemistry]
:: phosphatidylglycerol
phosphocaséinate {m} [organic chemistry]
:: phosphocaseinate
phosphoglycérate {f} [organic chemistry]
:: phosphoglycerate
phosphoglycéride {m} [organic chemistry]
:: phosphoglyceride
phosphoglycérique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: phosphoglyceric
phosphogypse {m}
:: phosphogypsum
phospholipide {m} [organic compound]
:: phospholipid
phosphore {m}
:: phosphorus [element]
phosphoré {adj}
:: phosphorous (containing phosphorus)
phosphoré {adj}
:: phosphureted
phosphorescent {adj}
:: phosphorescent
phosphoreux {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: phosphorous
phosphorique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: phosphoric
phosphorisation {f}
:: phosphorization
phosphoriser {v}
:: To phosphorize
phosphoryle {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: phosphoryl
phosphoryler {v}
:: To phosphorylate
phosphovinique {adj} [obsolete, chemistry]
:: phosphovinic
phosphure {m}
:: phosphide
phosphuré {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: phosphidic
photique {adj}
:: photic
photo- {prefix}
:: photo- (relating to light)
photo- {prefix}
:: photo- (relating to photography)
photo {f}
:: photo
photoamorcé {adj} [chemistry]
:: photoinitiated
photoamorcer {v} [chemistry]
:: To photoinitiate
photoamorceur {m} [chemistry]
:: photoinitiator
photobiologie {f} [biology]
:: photobiology
photobiologique {adj} [biology]
:: photobiological
photocellule {f}
:: photocell (photoelectric cell)
photochimie {f} [chemistry]
:: photochemistry
photochimique {adj}
:: photochemical
photochimiquement {adv}
:: photochemically
photochromatique {adj}
:: photochromatic
photochromatiquement {adv}
:: photochromatically
photoconducteur {m} [physics]
:: photoconductor
photoconducteur {adj} [physics]
:: photoconductive
photoconductif {adj} [physics]
:: photoconductive
photoconductivité {f}
:: photoconductivity
photocopie {f}
:: photocopy
photocopier {vt}
:: To photocopy
photocopieur {m}
:: photocopier (device)
photocopieuse {f}
:: photocopier (device)
photocyclisation {f} [chemistry]
:: photocyclization
photodésintégration {f} [physics]
:: photodisintegration
photodétecteur {m}
:: photodetector
photoélectricité {f} [physics]
:: photoelectricity
photoélectrique {adj} [physics]
:: photoelectric
photoélectrochimique {adj} [physics, chemistry]
:: photoelectrochemical
photogène {adj}
:: photogenic (all senses)
photogénique {adj}
:: photogenic (looking good when photographed)
photoglyptie {f}
:: Woodburytype
photogramme {m}
:: still , frame (individual photograph of a motion picture)
photogrammétrie {f}
:: photogrammetry
photographe {mf}
:: photographer
photographie {f} [uncountable]
:: photography
photographie {f} [countable]
:: photograph
photographier {v}
:: to photograph
photographique {adj}
:: photographic
photographique {adj}
:: photographical
photographiquement {adv}
:: photographically
photoioniser {v}
:: To photoionize
photojournalisme {m}
:: photojournalism
photojournaliste {mf}
:: photojournalist
photolithographie {f}
:: photolithography
photolithogravure {f}
:: photolithography
photoluminescent {adj}
:: photoluminescent
photomacrographie {f}
:: photomacrography
photomagnétique {adj}
:: photomagnetic
photomaton {m}
:: photo booth
photométéore {m}
:: photometeor
photomètre {m}
:: photometer
photométrie {f}
:: photometry
photométrique {adj}
:: photometric
photométriquement {adv}
:: photometrically
photomicrographie {f}
:: photomicrography
photomultiplicateur {m}
:: photomultiplier
photon {m} [particle]
:: photon
photonique {adj} [physics]
:: photonic
photooxydation {f} [chemistry]
:: photooxidation
photopériode {f} [biology]
:: photoperiod
photopériodique {adj} [biology]
:: photoperiodic
photopériodisme {m} [biology]
:: photoperiodism
photophile {adj}
:: photophilic
photophobie {f}
:: photophobia (excessive sensitivity to light)
photophore {m} [biology]
:: photophore
photopile {f}
:: solar cell , solar battery
photopolymère {m} [chemistry]
:: photopolymer
photopolymérisation {f} [chemistry]
:: photopolymerization
photopolymériser {v} [chemistry]
:: To photopolymerize
photoréactif {adj}
:: photoreactive
photoréactivité {f} [chemistry]
:: photoreactivity
photorécepteur {m}
:: photoreceptor
photoreportage {m}
:: photojournalism
photoreporter {mf}
:: photojournalist
photosensibilisation {f}
:: photosensitization
photosensibilité {f}
:: photosensitivity
photosensible {adj}
:: photosensitive
photoshoper {v}
:: To photoshop
photosphère {f} [astronomy]
:: photosphere
photosynthèse {f}
:: photosynthesis
photosynthétique {adj}
:: photosynthetic
photosynthétiquement {adv}
:: photosynthetically
phototaxie {f}
:: phototaxy
phototaxisme {m}
:: phototaxism
photothèque {f}
:: photo library
photothérapie {f}
:: phototherapy
phototropine {f}
:: phototropin
phototropisme {m} [biology]
:: phototropism
photovoltaïque {adj}
:: photovoltaic
phrase {f}
:: sentence
phrasé {m}
:: phrasing
phrase complexe {f} [grammar]
:: complex sentence
phraséologie {f}
:: phraseology
phraser {v}
:: to phrase
phraser {v} [music]
:: to phrase
phrase simple {f} [grammar]
:: simple sentence
phraseur {m}
:: windbag (excessive talker)
phraseuse {f}
:: feminine noun of phraseur
phréatique {adj} [geology]
:: phreatic
phrénique {adj} [anatomy]
:: phrenic
phrénologie {f}
:: phrenology
phrénologique {adj}
:: phrenological
phrénologiquement {adv}
:: phrenologically
phrénologue {mf}
:: phrenologist
Phrygie {prop}
:: Phrygia
phrygien {adj}
:: Phrygian
phtalamide {f} [organic compound]
:: phthalamide
phtalate {m} [organic chemistry]
:: phthalate
phtalique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: phthalic
phtalocyanine {f} [organic compound]
:: phthalocyanine
phthisique {adj}
:: phthisic
phthore {m} [obsolete, chemistry]
:: synonym of fluor
phtisie {f} [pathology]
:: phthisis , consumption
phtisique {adj} [medicine, archaic]
:: phthisical
Phung {prop}
:: surname
Phuong {prop}
:: surname
phycoérythrine {f} [organic compound]
:: phycoerythrin
phycologie {f}
:: phycology (the study of algae)
phycologiste {mf} [biology]
:: phycologist
phycotoxine {f}
:: phycotoxin
phylactère {m}
:: phylactery
phylactère {m}
:: speech bubble , thought bubble
phylarque {n}
:: phylarch
phylétique {adj}
:: phyletic
phylloérythrine {m} [biochemistry]
:: phylloerythrin
phyllotrachée {f} [arachnology]
:: book lung
phylloxanthine {f} [organic compound]
:: phylloxanthin
phylloxéra {m}
:: phylloxera
phylogenèse {f}
:: phylogenesis
phylogénèse {f}
:: alternative form of phylogenèse
phylogénétique {adj}
:: phylogenetic
phylogénétiquement {adv}
:: phylogenetically
phylogénie {f}
:: phylogeny
phylogénique {adj}
:: phylogenic
phylogéographie {f}
:: phylogeography
phylogéographique {adj}
:: phylogeographical
phynance {f} [colloquial]
:: finance
physe {f}
:: physa
physe voyageuse {f}
:: European physa (Physella acuta
physicalisation {f}
:: physicalization
physicien {m}
:: physicist
physicienne {f}
:: feminine noun of physicien
physicochimie {f} [physics, chemistry]
:: physical chemistry
physico-chimique {adj} [physics, chemistry]
:: physicochemical
physicochimique {adj}
:: alternative form of physico-chimique
physio- {prefix}
:: physio-
physiocrate {mf}
:: physiocrat
physiognomonie {f}
:: physiognomy
physiognomonique {adj}
:: physiognomic , physiognomical
physiologie {f}
:: physiology (branch of biology)
physiologique {adj}
:: physiological
physiologiquement {adv}
:: physiologically
physiologiste {mf}
:: physiologist
physionomie {f}
:: face , physiognomy
physionomie {f}
:: facial expression , physiognomy
physionomie {f}
:: appearance , look , physiognomy
physionomiste {mf}
:: Someone with a good memory for faces
physionomiste {mf} [France]
:: A bouncer
physiopathologique {adj}
:: physiopathological
physiopathologiste {mf}
:: physiopathologist
physiothérapeute {mf}
:: physiotherapist
physiothérapie {f}
:: physiotherapy
physique {adj}
:: physical , sportive
physique {m}
:: physique
physique {f}
:: physics
physique des particules {f}
:: particle physics
physiquement {adv}
:: physically
phytanique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: phytanic
phyto- {prefix}
:: phyto-
phyto {m} [colloquial]
:: clipping of phytosanitaire
phyto {adj} [colloquial]
:: clipping of phytosanitaire
phytochélatine {f} [protein]
:: phytochelatin
phytochimie {f} [chemistry]
:: phytochemistry
phytochimique {adj} [chemistry]
:: phytochemical
phytodiversité {f} [biology]
:: phytodiversity
phytolaque {f}
:: pokeweed or similar plant of the genus Phytolacca
phytologie {f}
:: phytology
phytoménadione {m} [organic compound]
:: phytomenadione (vitamin K1)
phytomère {m} [botany]
:: phytomere
phytomonique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: phytomonic
phytophage {adj}
:: phytophagous
phytopharmaceutique {adj}
:: phytopharmaceutical
phytoplancton {m}
:: phytoplankton
phytoplanctonique {adj} [biology]
:: phytoplanktonic
phytoremédiation {f}
:: phytoremediation
phytosanitaire {adj}
:: phytosanitary
phytosociologie {f}
:: phytosociology
phytostérol {m} [biochemistry]
:: phytosterol
phytothérapeute {mf}
:: phytotherapist
phytothérapie {f}
:: phytotherapy
phytotoxicité {f}
:: phytotoxicity
phytotronie {f} [biology]
:: phytotronics
phytotronique {adj} [biology]
:: phytotronic
pi {m}
:: pi (Greek letter)
pi {m} [mathematics]
:: pi
pi {conj} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: alternative spelling of pis
piaf {m}
:: sparrow
piaffement {m}
:: stamping , pawing the ground
piaffement {m}
:: prancing
piaffer {v}
:: (of horse) to stamp , paw the ground
piaffer {v}
:: (of person) to stamp one's feet
piagétien {adj}
:: Piagetian
piaillard {adj} [of a bird]
:: cheeping
piaillard {adj} [by extension, of a person]
:: whining , whiny
piaillement {m}
:: squawking , chirping , cheeping
piailler {v}
:: to cheep ; to chirp
piailler {v}
:: to emit high pitched noise
pianiste {mf}
:: pianist
pianistique {adj}
:: pianistic
pianistique {f}
:: pianistics
pianistiquement {adv}
:: pianistically
piano {m} [musical instrument]
:: piano
piano à queue {m} [musical instruments]
:: grand piano (a piano in which the strings are strung horizontally in a heavy frame shaped like a harp)
piano droit {m}
:: upright piano
pianoter {v}
:: to tap (hit lightly)
pianoter {v} [computing]
:: to type (use a computer keyboard)
piasse {f} [Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial]
:: alternative spelling of piastre
piastre {f} [historical]
:: piastre (one of several historical units of currency)
piastre {f} [Quebec, Louisiana French, colloquial]
:: buck , dollar [former official Canadian French equivalent of the word dollar , as found on old currency.]
piaule {f} [colloquial]
:: pad , place
piaulement {m}
:: cheep , peep (sound)
piauler {vi}
:: alternative form of piailler
PIB {m}
:: GDP
pic {m}
:: woodpecker
pic {m}
:: pick (tool)
pic {m}
:: peak , summit
picador {m} [bullfighting]
:: picador
picage {m}
:: pecking
pic à glace {m}
:: icepick
picaillon {m} [colloquial, especially in plural]
:: cash , money
picamare {f}
:: picamar
picard {adj}
:: Picard (from Picardy)
picard {m}
:: Picard [language]
Picard {m}
:: Picard (person from Picardy)
Picard {prop}
:: surname
picardan {m}
:: A variety of white grape originally from Provence
Picarde {f}
:: feminine noun of Picard
Picardie {prop} {f}
:: Picardy
picaresquité {f}
:: picaresqueness
picaridine {f}
:: picaridin ; synonym of icaridine
piccolo {m} [musical instruments]
:: piccolo
picène {m} [organic compound]
:: picene
pichade {f}
:: A pizza -like dish topped with onion , tomato and anchovy . It comes from Menton , a French commune in the Alps
pichenette {f}
:: flick
pichenotte {f}
:: flick
pichenotte {f}
:: A French Canadian tabletop game in which players attempt to flick each other's round pieces off the board
pichet {m}
:: jug
Pichet {prop}
:: surname
Pichette {prop}
:: surname
Pichilemu {prop} {m}
:: Pichilemu (city)
pichon {m} [Provence]
:: small child
pichon {m} [Picardy]
:: fish (animal, foodstuff)
pichonne {f}
:: feminine noun of pichon
pickles {m}
:: pickle (pickled vegetable)
pickpocket {m}
:: pickpocket
pico- {prefix}
:: pico-
picocurie {m}
:: picocurie
picodon {m}
:: A flat, round cheese made from goat 's milk
picokatal {m}
:: picokatal
picoler {v} [slang]
:: to drink
picolo {m}
:: alternative spelling of piccolo
picomètre {m}
:: picometer
picorer {v} [obsolete]
:: to maraud , pillage , rampage
picorer {v}
:: to nibble , peck (of birds, or figuratively)
Picot {prop}
:: surname
picotement {m}
:: a stinging sensation , a sting
picotement {m} [in the plural]
:: pins and needles
picoter {v} [of a bird]
:: to peck
picoter {v} [colloquial]
:: to bug , to pester , to annoy
picoter {v}
:: to itch , to prickle
picoter {v}
:: to tingle
picotin {m}
:: peck (dry measure)
picpoul {m}
:: A variety of white grape originally from the Languedoc
picquer {v}
:: obsolete spelling of piquer
Picquet {prop}
:: Picquet ; surname
picride {f}
:: A type of sunflower of the genus Picris
picrique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: picric
picrocholin {adj}
:: Describing a senseless conflict
picsou {m} [colloquial]
:: scrooge
pictogrammatique {adj}
:: pictogrammatic
pictogramme {m}
:: pictogram (picture that represents a word or an idea)
pictographie {f}
:: pictography
picton {adj}
:: Picton
pic tridactyle {m}
:: Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus
pictural {adj}
:: of or relating to painting
picturalement {adv}
:: pictorially
pic vert {m}
:: alternative spelling of pivert
pic-vert {m}
:: alternative spelling of pivert
picvert {m}
:: alternative spelling of pivert
pie {f}
:: magpie
Pie {prop}
:: Pius
PIE {m}
:: abbreviation of pistolet à impulsion électrique (taser )
PIÉ {m}
:: abbreviation of pistolet à impulsion électrique
pie bavarde {f}
:: Eurasian magpie (Pica pica
pièce {f}
:: room (in a house, etc)
pièce {f}
:: piece
pièce {f} [money]
:: coin
pièce {f}
:: play (in a theatre)
pièce {f} [heraldry]
:: ordinary
pièce {f} [legal]
:: document , paper
pièce {f}
:: patch
pièce à conviction {f} [law]
:: piece of evidence , exhibit
pièce de monnaie {f}
:: coin
pièce de rechange {f}
:: spare part (component kept in reserve)
pièce de résistance {f} [idiom]
:: the finest part of something, especially a meal
pièce d'estomac {f} [chiefly historical]
:: stomacher
pièce de théâtre {f}
:: play (theatrical performance)
pièce d'identité {f}
:: proof of ID , ID, ID card , identity paper
pièce jointe {f} [Internet]
:: attachment (email attachment)
pièce justificative {f} [legal]
:: proof of entitlement , a document proving something
pièce maîtresse {f}
:: showpiece
pièce maîtresse {f} [figuratively]
:: cornerstone
pièce rapportée {f} [sewing]
:: patch ; insert
pièce rapportée {f} [figuratively]
:: in-law
pièce rapportée {f} [derogatory, figuratively]
:: outsider
piécette {f}
:: small coin
piécette {f}
:: small room
pied {m} [anatomy]
:: foot
pied {m}
:: leg , foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
pied {m}
:: An old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres
pied {m} [Quebec, etc.]
:: Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
pied {m} [poetry]
:: foot
pied-à-terre {m}
:: pied-à-terre
pied-bot {m} [pejorative]
:: a person with a clubfoot , a club-footed person
pied d'athlète {m}
:: athlete's foot
pied-de-biche {m}
:: crowbar
pied de mouche {m}
:: paragraph mark
pied-de-mouche {m}
:: pilcrow , ¶ (a paragraph mark)
pied de page {m}
:: footer (line of information at the bottom of a page)
piédestal {m}
:: pedestal
pied grec {m}
:: Greek foot (a foot with a second toe longer than the hallux)
piedmontite {f}
:: alternative form of piémontite
pied noir {m}
:: pied noir
piédouche {m}
:: piedouche
pied plat {m} [medicine]
:: flatfoot
pieds d'argile {mp}
:: feet of clay
piège {m}
:: trap , snare , booby trap
piège {m}
:: pitfall
piège à clics {m} [Internet]
:: clickbait
piège à cons {m} [vulgar]
:: sucker trap
piégeage {m}
:: trapping
piéger {v}
:: to trap (catch in a trap)
piégeux {adj}
:: tricky
piégeux {adj}
:: dangerous
pie-grièche {m}
:: shrike (bird)
piémont {m}
:: foothill
piémontais {adj}
:: Piedmontese (related to Piedmont)
Piémontais {m}
:: a Piedmontese person
Piémontaise {f}
:: feminine noun of Piémontais
piémontite {f} [mineralogy]
:: piemontite
piercing {m}
:: a piercing
Piérie {prop} {f}
:: Pieria
Pierlot {prop}
:: surname
pierrade {f}
:: A dish (a form of barbecue ) in which thin slices of meat are cooked on a heated stone and served with sauces, salads, potatoes, etc
pierraille {f}
:: collection of small stones
pierre {f}
:: stone (substance )
pierre {f}
:: stone (a rock, a pebble )
Pierre {prop} {m}
:: Peter [biblical character]
Pierre {prop} {m}
:: given name traditionally popular in France
Pierre {prop} {m}
:: surname
pierre à aiguiser {f}
:: whetstone , hone
pierre angulaire {f} [architecture]
:: cornerstone
pierre angulaire {f} [figuratively]
:: cornerstone
pierre d'achoppement {f}
:: stumbling block
pierre d'angle {f} [architecture]
:: cornerstone
pierre d'angle {f} [figuratively]
:: cornerstone
pierre de lune {f}
:: moonstone (translucent gemstone)
pierre de taille {f}
:: cut stone , dressed stone , ashlar
pierre de touche {f}
:: touchstone
Pierre-Marie {prop} {m}
:: given name
pierre philosophale {f} [usually, uncountable]
:: philosopher's stone
pierre philosophale {f} [figurative, countable]
:: something impossible to find
pierre précieuse {f}
:: gemstone
pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse {proverb}
:: a rolling stone gathers no moss
pierreries {fp} [in the plural]
:: gems , gemstones
pierre tombale {f}
:: tombstone (stone on grave)
pierrette {f} [rare]
:: small stone ; pebble (used in a children's game)
pierrette {f} [dated]
:: a type of white camisole
Pierrette {prop}
:: given name, a feminine diminutive form of Pierre
pierreuse {f} [dated, slang]
:: streetwalker
pierreux {adj}
:: stony , rocky
Pierrick {prop} {m}
:: given name
pierrier {m}
:: scree
Pierrot {prop} {m}
:: Diminutive of Pierre (Peter)
Pierrot {prop} {m}
:: A character from French pantomime ; a buffoon in a loose white outfit
piété {f}
:: piety (the condition and quality of being pious)
piétinement {m}
:: step (sound made by someone or something walking), pitter-patter
piétinement {m}
:: treading
piétiner {vi}
:: to stamp (make loud sounds by stepping)
piétiner {vi}
:: to shuffle (move forwards with short steps and with difficulty)
piétiner {vi} [figuratively]
:: to make no headway , to go into a dead end
piétiner {vt}
:: to trample (underfoot)
piétiste {mf}
:: pietist
piétiste {adj}
:: pietist (attributive)
piéton {m}
:: pedestrian
piétonne {f}
:: feminine noun of piéton
piétonner {v}
:: To walk (go on foot)
piétonnier {adj}
:: pedestrianized / pedestrianised
piètre {adj}
:: poor ; lousy (of low quality)
piètre {adj} [archaic]
:: pitiful
piètrement {adv}
:: poorly
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
pieux mensonge {m}
:: white lie
piézo- {prefix}
:: piezo-
piézochimie {f} [chemistry]
:: piezochemistry
piézoélectricité {f} [physics]
:: piezoelectricity
piézoélectrique {adj} [physics]
:: piezoelectric
piézomagnétique {adj} [physics]
:: piezomagnetic
piézomagnétisme {m} [physics]
:: piezomagnetism
piézométrique {adj}
:: piezometric
piézonucléaire {adj} [physics]
:: piezonuclear
piézophile {mf}
:: piezophile
piézophile {adj}
:: piezophilic
pif {m}
:: (slang for nose ) conk , hooter , schnozzle
pif {m}
:: nose, intuition
piffer {vt} [colloquial, normally used in the negative]
:: to stand , put up with
pifomètre {m} [colloquial]
:: intuitive estimate or approximation
pige {f}
:: measure
pige {f} [colloquial]
:: year (of age)
pige {f} [colloquial]
:: year (period of time in general)
pigé {interj}
:: capisce ?
pigeon {m}
:: pigeon
pigeon {m} [colloquial]
:: patsy (an easily trickable, naive person)
pigeonnant {adj} [of a bra]
:: uplift (attributive)
pigeonnant {adj}
:: pigeon-chested
pigeonneau {m}
:: squab (young pigeon)
pigeonner {v} [colloquial]
:: To take for a ride or dupe (the person being duped is the pigeon )
pigeonnier {m}
:: dovecote
pigeon voyageur {m}
:: homing pigeon ; carrier
piger {v} [colloquial]
:: to understand : to get , to catch on , to twig , to cotton on
piger {v} [Canada]
:: to choose at random : to draw
pigiste {mf}
:: freelance journalist
pigiste {adj}
:: freelance (journalist, writer)
pigment {m}
:: pigment , coloring substance
pigmentaire {adj}
:: Of or relating to pigment , pigmentary
pigmenter {vt}
:: to pigment
pignistique {adj} [statistics]
:: pignistic
pignocher {vi}
:: to pick at one's food
pignon {m}
:: pine nut , pine kernel
pignon {m}
:: gable
pignon {m}
:: gearwheel , pinion , sprocket
pika {m}
:: pika
Pikine {prop}
:: A city in the Pikine department of Dakar Region of Senegal
Pikine {prop}
:: A department of Dakar Region of Senegal
pilaire {adj} [biology]
:: piliated
Pilates {m}
:: Pilates
pile {f}
:: heap , stack (as in pile de cartons )
pile {f}
:: pillar
pile {f}
:: battery (as in pile électrique )
pile {f}
:: tails (of a coin; mainly used in pile ou face
pile {f} [heraldiccharge]
:: pile
pile {adv} [colloquial]
:: just , exactly
pile {adv} [colloquial]
:: dead (of stopping etc.); on the dot , sharp (of time), smack
pile ou face {phrase}
:: heads or tails
pile-poil {adv} [colloquial]
:: smack-dab , smack bang
piler {vt} [cooking]
:: to crush
piler {vi}
:: to slam on the brakes of a vehicle, making it come to a sudden stop
pileux {adj}
:: hair (attributive)
pilier {m}
:: pillar
pilier {m} [rugby]
:: prop
pilier de bar {m} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: barfly
pilier de comptoir {m} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: barfly
piligère {adj} [biology]
:: piligerous
piline {f} [protein]
:: pilin
pillage {m}
:: pillage
pillard {m}
:: pillager , looter
pillarde {f}
:: feminine noun of pillard
piller {v}
:: to plunder ; to pillage
pilleur {m}
:: a plunderer
pilleur {adj}
:: plundering ; plunderous
piloche {f} [slang]
:: gnasher , tooth
pilon {m}
:: pestle
pilon {m}
:: wooden leg
pilon {m}
:: thigh (the thigh bone of poultry meat)
pilonnage {m} [military]
:: shelling , bombardment
pilonnage {m} [cooking]
:: pounding , crushing
pilonner {v}
:: to bombard , to shell
pilonner {v}
:: to grind , to pound
pilori {m}
:: pillory ; stocks
pilorier {vt}
:: to pillory
piloselle {f}
:: A type of hawkweed Hieracium pilosella
pilosité {m}
:: pilosity , hairiness
pilotage {m}
:: pilotage (all senses); piloting
pilote {m}
:: pilot (controller of aircraft)
pilote {m}
:: pilot (controller of vessel)
pilote automatique {m}
:: autopilot
pilote de brousse {m}
:: bush pilot
piloter {v}
:: to pilot (control an aircraft)
piloter {v}
:: to pilot (control a vessel)
piloter {v}
:: to drive (control a vehicle)
pilotis {m} [architecture]
:: piloti
pilule {f}
:: pill (small object to be swallowed)
pilule {f} [with the definite article la]
:: the contraceptive pill
pilule du lendemain {f}
:: morning-after pill
pimarique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pimaric
pimbêche {f}
:: minx (impertinent woman)
piment {m} [cooking]
:: spice
piment {m}
:: chili , chili pepper
piment {m} [figuratively]
:: spice (vigour)
piment de Cayenne {m}
:: cayenne pepper (Capsicum frutescens
piment d'Espelette {m}
:: Espelette pepper (cultivar of Capsicum annuum
piment enragé {m} [Louisiana French]
:: cayenne pepper
pimenter {v} [cooking]
:: to spice , to season with spices
pimenter {v} [figuratively]
:: to spice up , to make more extravagant or exotic
piment jolokia {m}
:: ghost chili (bhut jolokia );
pimpant {adj}
:: spruce , dapper , dashing
pimper {vr} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Mary Parish]
:: to dress well
pimprelocher {vt}
:: to style hair in a ridiculous manner
pimprenelle {f}
:: burnet (Sanguisorba minor
pin {m}
:: pine , pine tree
pinacle {m}
:: pinnacle , top
pinacothèque {f}
:: art gallery
pinacothèque {f}
:: pinacotheca
pinailler {vi} [colloquial]
:: nitpick , split hairs (to correct minutiae or find fault )
pinailleur {adj}
:: nitpicking
pinailleur {m}
:: nitpicker
pinard {m} [colloquial, pejorative]
:: plonk (cheap wine)
pinard {m} [by extension]
:: any wine
Pinard {prop}
:: surname
pinauculmettable {adj}
:: alternative spelling of pinocumettable
pinaucumettable {adj}
:: alternative spelling of pinocumettable
pince {f}
:: pincer , claw
pince {f}
:: pliers
pince {f}
:: tongs
pince {f}
:: crowbar
pince à épiler {f}
:: tweezers
pince à linge {f}
:: clothes peg
pinceau {m}
:: paintbrush
pince coupante {f}
:: pair of wire cutters , cutting pliers
pincée {f}
:: a pinch , a tiny amount
pince-fesses {m} [dated, slang]
:: dance , hop
pincement {m}
:: pang , twinge
pincement au cœur {m}
:: lump in one's throat , pang of emotion
pince-nez {m} [dated, literary]
:: pince-nez
pince-nez {m}
:: noseclip
pincer {v}
:: to pinch (skin)
pincer {v} [colloquial]
:: to pinch (to arrest )
pincer {v} [music]
:: To pluck (a stringed instrument)
pince-sans-rire {adj}
:: dry , deadpan
pincette {f}
:: tongs (for fire)
pincette {f}
:: tweezers
pinchinelle {f}
:: A type of carline thistle (Carlina acanthifolia)
pinçon {m}
:: pinch , nip (mark on the skin)
Pinçonnière {prop}
:: Pinçonnière , lake in Blois , Loir-et-Cher department of Centre-Val de Loire , France
Pindare {prop} {m}
:: Pindar
pindarique {adj}
:: Pindaric
pin de Briançon {m}
:: a colloquial name for the European larch (Larix decidua
pine {f} [slang]
:: nob , penis
pinéal {adj}
:: pineal
pinéal {m}
:: pineal
pineau {m}
:: pineau
pinède {f}
:: pine wood or forest
pinène {m} [organic compound]
:: pinene
piner {v} [vulgar]
:: to fuck , to dick
pingouin {m} [scientific context]
:: auk , razorbill (Arctic sea bird from the Alcidae family)
pingouin {m} [colloquial]
:: penguin
ping-pong {m}
:: ping pong ; table tennis
pingre {adj}
:: miserly , stingy
pingrerie {f}
:: stinginess
pinique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pinic
pinocchioter dans le slibard {v} [slang]
:: to have an unwanted erection visible through one's pants
Pinochet {prop}
:: surname
pinocumettable {adj} [vulgar]
:: fuckable , shaggable
pinoléique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pinoleic
pinolénique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pinolenic
pinot {m}
:: pinot
Pinot {prop}
:: surname
pinotte {f} [Québec, New Brunswick]
:: peanut , goober (a legume resembling a nut)
pin's {m} [anglicism]
:: A pin or badge , as attached to clothing as an accessory
pinson {m}
:: a finch
pinson du Nord {m}
:: brambling , the bird Fringilla montifringilla
Pinsonneault {prop}
:: surname
Pintac {prop}
:: Pintac (commune)
pintade {f}
:: guinea fowl
pinte {f} [Canada]
:: A French-Canadian term for an Imperial quart , equal to 1/4 of an Imperial gallon, 2 Imperial pints, 40 Imperial ounces or 1.136 liters
pinte {f} [France, obsolete]
:: A French pre-metric measurement of capacity or volume equal to 0.952 liters. Under the monarchy its size varied depending on the region, with the Parisian pinte being equivalent to 0.93 liters. 1 pinte quart ") = 2 chopines pint ") = 4 demiards
pinte {f} [France]
:: A metric pint (0.5 liters). This was done to reduce confusion between the similar American pint [0.473 liters], Imperial pint [0.568 liters] or Système International metric "pint " [0.500 liters] and the French pinte [0.952 liters]. 1 pinte [0.5 liters] ("pint") = 2 demi-pintes or chopines [0.250 liters] ("half-pint")
pinte {f} [France]
:: Bottle of beer or wine with capacity of 50 centiliters , equivalent to 2/3 of a standard wine or liquor bottle
pinter {v} [colloquial]
:: To get drunk
pin-up {f}
:: pin-up [woman in a photograph]
pin-up {f}
:: babe (sexually attractive woman)
pioche {f}
:: pickaxe
pioche {f} [card games]
:: stock
piocher {v}
:: to use a pickaxe
piocher {v}
:: to cram , to swot , to grind (e.g., for an exam)
piocher {v}
:: to slog away, drudge (to work very hard)
piocher {v}
:: to pick , choose , select from a set of options
piocher {v} [card games]
:: to draw from the deck
Piogre {prop} {m} [Switzerland]
:: An imaginary, exceedingly remote town; Timbuktu
piolet {m} [climbing]
:: piolet
pion {m} [chess]
:: pawn
pion {m} [figuratively]
:: pawn
pion {m} [game]
:: counter
pion {m} [colloquial]
:: 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
pionique {adj} [physics]
:: pionic
pionner {v} [chess, checkers]
:: to exchange (a piece)
pionnier {m} [military]
:: pioneer , soldier employed to form roads , dig trenches , and make bridges , as an army advances
pionnier {m}
:: pioneer , one who goes before , as into the wilderness , preparing the way for others to follow
pionnier {m}
:: precursor
pionnier {m} [communism]
:: pioneer , child of 10-16 years in the former Soviet Union , in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party
pionnier {adj}
:: pioneering , avant-garde
pionnier {adj}
:: first to colonize
pionnière {f}
:: feminine noun of pionnier
piorner {v} [Switzerland]
:: to whine , moan
piou {m}
:: cluck ; the sound a chicken makes
piou {m}
:: smack ; the sound of a kiss
piou {m}
:: (Lyon) chick ; small bird
piou {m}
:: (slang) soldier
pipe {f}
:: tobacco pipe
pipe {f} [vulgar]
:: blowjob
pipe {m}
:: the pipe symbol (|)
pipeau {m} [musical instruments]
:: pipe
pipeau {m}
:: reed
pipelette {f}
:: chatterbox
pipe-line {m}
:: alternative spelling of pipeline
pipeline {m}
:: oil pipeline
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
piperin {m} [organic compound]
:: piperine
pipette {f} [sciences]
:: pipette
pipeuse {f} [slang, vulgar]
:: fellatrix , cocksucker
pipi {m} [chiefly uncountable]
:: wee , wee-wee , pee
pipit {m}
:: pipit
pipole {adj}
:: famous , related to famous people
pipole {m}
:: celebrity
piquage {m}
:: pricking
piquage {m}
:: stinging
piquamment {adv}
:: piquantly
piquant {adj}
:: Spiky , spiny
piquant {adj}
:: Of food: piquant , spicy
piquant {adj}
:: Cold ; ice-cold
piquant {adj}
:: Of humor, a joke, etc. : scathing
piquant {adj} [usually, of a person]
:: attractive
pique {f}
:: pike , lance
pique {m} [card games]
:: spade [as a card suit]
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
pique-assiette {m} [colloquial, pejorative]
:: scrounger , freeloader , gatecrasher , sponger
piquebois {m} [Louisiana French]
:: woodpecker
pique-nique {m}
:: picnic (a meal eaten outdoors)
piquenique {m}
:: alternative form of pique-nique
piqueniqueur {m}
:: picnicker (someone having a picnic)
piquer {v}
:: to prick (pierce with a prick)
piquer {v}
:: to sting (feel a stinging pain)
piquer {v} [colloquial]
:: to nick , pinch , steal
piquer {vr}
:: to pride oneself on; to like to think that one can do (+ de
piquer {v} [textiles, couture]
:: to stitch together
piquer au vif {v}
:: to arouse , to excite
piquer au vif {v}
:: to cut to the quick
piquer du nez {v} [figuratively, of an aircraft]
:: to nosedive , to take a nosedive
piquer du nez {v} [figuratively, of a person, colloquial]
:: to nod off , to doze off , to fall asleep (to nosedive because one is falling asleep )
piquer une colère {v} [idiomatic]
:: to fly into a rage
piquer une crise {v} [colloquial]
:: to throw a fit , to throw a tantrum
piquer une tête {v} [colloquial]
:: to go for a dip , to take a dip, to dive head first ; to go for a swim
piquer un roupillon {v} [colloquial]
:: to take a nap , to grab a nap, to get some shuteye
piquer un somme {v} [colloquial]
:: to take a nap , to grab a nap, to have a kip , to get some shuteye
piquet {m}
:: picket
piquet {m} [education]
:: A school punishment in which a student has to remain standing for some time by a tree or a wall, usually in the corner of the classroom
Piquet {prop}
:: Piquet ; surname
piqueté {adj}
:: spotted or dotted (with)
piquette {f}
:: A drink of marc and water
piquette {f} [colloquial]
:: plonk (cheap wine)
piqueupe {m}
:: pickup (electronic device)
piqueur {adj}
:: itchy
piqueur {adj}
:: stinging
piqueur {m}
:: whipper-in
piquier {m} [historical]
:: pikeman
piqure {f}
:: alternative spelling of piqûre
piqûre {f}
:: injection
piqûre {f}
:: sting
piqûre de rappel {f}
:: booster injection , booster shot , booster dose
piqûre de rappel {f} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: reminder
piquure {f} [archaic, obsolete]
:: alternative spelling of piqûre
piratage {m}
:: piracy
piratage {m} [computing]
:: hacking , unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network
piratage informatique {m} [computing]
:: hacking , unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network
pirate {mf}
:: pirate
pirate de l'air {mf}
:: a skyjacker
pirate informatique {mf} [computing]
:: a hacker , one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data
pirater {v}
:: to pirate
pirater {v} [computing]
:: to hack (into)
piraterie {f}
:: piracy (the business of being a pirate)
piraterie {f}
:: piracy (an act done by pirates)
pire {adj}
:: comparative of mauvais : worse
pire {m} [le pire]
:: the worst
piriforme {adj}
:: pyriform
pirogue {f}
:: pirogue made by hollowing a log
pirogue {f}
:: any canoe
pirojki {m}
:: pirozhki
piroplasme {m} [epidemiology]
:: piroplasma
piroplasmide {m} [biology]
:: piroplasmid
pirouette {f}
:: A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing
pirouette {f} [sports, equestrians]
:: A whirling volt movement made by a horse
pirouetter {vi}
:: to pirouette
pirouetter {vi}
:: to pivot
pis {adv}
:: worse
pis {m}
:: udder
pis {conj} [Quebec, Acadian, Louisiana French, Missouri, colloquial]
:: and , besides
pis-aller {m}
:: make-do , a less than optimal solution , workaround , stopgap
pis-aller {m}
:: plan B ; last resort
pis-aller {m}
:: worst case scenario
piscicole {adj}
:: piscicultural
pisciculture {f}
:: pisciculture (the rearing of fish )
piscine {f}
:: swimming pool
piscine {f}
:: piscina
piscine à débordement {f}
:: overflow pool , perimeter-overflow pool
piscivore {adj}
:: piscivorous , fish-eating
piscivore {mf}
:: piscivore
pisco {m}
:: pisco
Pise {prop} {m}
:: Pise (town)
Pise {prop} {m}
:: Pise (province)
pisé {m}
:: adobe
Pisidie {prop}
:: Pisidia
pissaladière {f}
:: pissaladière (pizza-like pie from southern France)
pissant {adj} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: funny
Pissarro {prop}
:: surname
pisse {f} [vulgar]
:: piss
pisse-froid {m} [figuratively, very colloquial]
:: a cold fish , a wet blanket
pissenlit {m}
:: dandelion
pisser {vit} [slang]
:: to piss
pisser {vt}
:: to pour with (some liquid)
pisseur {m}
:: pisser (one who pisses)
pisseuse {f}
:: feminine noun of pisseur
pisseuse {f} [colloquial, pejorative]
:: young girl
pisse-vinaigre {m} [figuratively]
:: a grouch , a crosspatch , a sourpuss
pissoir {m} [slang]
:: bog , john
pissotière {f}
:: public urinal
pistache {f}
:: pistachio (nut)
pistache {f} [Louisiana French, ]
:: peanut
pistachier {m}
:: pistachio (shrub)
pistage {m}
:: tracking
pistage {m} [MtG]
:: retrace
pistard {m} [cycling]
:: track cyclist
pistarde {f}
:: feminine noun of pistard
piste {f}
:: track or trail (left by an animal or person)
piste {f}
:: track (road or other similar beaten path)
piste {f} [figurative]
:: lead , hint (e.g. in a police investigation)
piste {f} [aviation]
:: runway
piste {f} [music]
:: track (on a recording)
piste {f}
:: racecourse
piste {f}
:: ring in a circus
piste {f}
:: floor (various activities such as dancing, skating, or fencing)
piste {f} [skiing]
:: piste
piste courte {f}
:: short track (type of speed skating)
piste cyclable {f} [in town]
:: bicycle path , bike path , cycle path , cycle lane , bikeway
piste cyclable {f} [in the countryside]
:: cycle track , bike trail
piste de danse {f}
:: dance floor
pister {vt}
:: to track (an animal)
pister {vt}
:: to track (a person)
pisteur {m}
:: tracker (one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game)
pistil {m}
:: pistil
pistil {m}
:: stamen
Pistoia {prop}
:: Pistoia (province)
Pistoia {prop}
:: Pistoia (capital city)
pistole {f} [historical]
:: pistole (coin)
pistolet {m}
:: gun , pistol
pistolet {m}
:: spray gun
pistolet {m}
:: weird person
pistolet à air {m}
:: air pistol
pistolet à impulsion électrique {m}
:: taser (electroshock stun gun)
pistolet-mitrailleur {m}
:: submachine gun
piston {m}
:: piston
piston {m} [colloquial]
:: contact , connection
pistonner {vt} [colloquial]
:: to put in a good word for somebody, to pull strings for somebody (apply influence)
pitance {f}
:: pittance
pitbull {m}
:: pitbull /pit bull / (dog)
pitch {m}
:: pitch (sales patter, inclination)
pitchpin {m}
:: pitch pine
pitête {adv} [rare, France, colloquial, colloquial, nonstandard]
:: alternative spelling of peut-être
piteusement {adv}
:: piteously
piteusement {adv}
:: miserably
piteux {adj}
:: pitiful
piteux {adj}
:: rundown
piteux {adj}
:: piteous
pithécanthropique {adj}
:: pithecanthropic
pithécanthropiquement {adv}
:: pithecanthropically
pitié {f}
:: pity , mercy
pitit {m} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ]
:: alternative spelling of petit , child
piton {m}
:: nail (metal object)
piton {m}
:: spike , pick (especially for mountaineering)
pitonner {v}
:: to piton
pitou {m} [babytalk, Quebec]
:: doggie
pitou {m} [endearment, Quebec]
:: puppy
pitoune {f} [Quebec, occasionally pejorative]
:: A pretty woman, a bimbo
pitoune {f}
:: A felled log ready to be floated to the mill
pitoyable {adj}
:: pitiful ; pathetic , contemptible
pitoyablement {adv}
:: pitifully
pitoyablement {adv}
:: pathetically
pitre {m}
:: clown , buffoon
pitrerie {f}
:: tomfoolery
pittacale {m} [organic compound]
:: pittacal
pittoresque {adj}
:: picturesque
pittoresque {mf}
:: someone or something that is picturesque
pittoresquement {adv}
:: picturesquely
pittospore {m}
:: pittosporum
pituitaire {adj} [anatomy]
:: pituitary
pituite {f} [historical]
:: phlegm
pituite {f} [medicine]
:: mucus
pivalique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pivalic
pive {f} [Switzerland]
:: conifer cone
pivert {m}
:: woodpecker , Picus viridis
pivoine {f}
:: peony
pivot {m}
:: pivot
pivot {m}
:: fulcrum
pivot {m}
:: lynchpin
pivot {m} [basketball]
:: center
pivotage {m} [maths]
:: pivot operation (in a simplex algorithm)
pivotant {adj}
:: swivel , pivoting
pivotant {adj}
:: pivotal
pivoter {vi}
:: to pivot , swivel , revolve
pivoter {vi}
:: to turn on one's heel
pixel {m} [computing]
:: pixel
pixellisation {f}
:: pixelation
pixelliser {v}
:: to pixelate
pizza {f}
:: pizza
pizza hawaïenne {f}
:: Hawaiian pizza
pizza margherita {f}
:: margherita pizza
pizza Margherita {f}
:: alternative case form of pizza margherita
pizza poutine {f}
:: poutine pizza (a pizza topped with poutine (gravy, french fries, cheese curds))
pizza québécoise {f} [Quebec, cuisine]
:: Quebecoise pizza (with pepperoni, bacon, mushrooms)
pizzeria {f}
:: pizzeria
pizzéria {f}
:: pizzeria
pk {adv} [Internet slang, text messaging]
:: abbreviation of pourquoi , why
pkoi {adv} [Internet slang, texting]
:: alternative spelling of pourquoi
plaçable {adj}
:: placeable ; that can be put or placed
placage {m}
:: veneer (thin covering of fine wood)
placage {m} [sports]
:: tackle
plaçage {m}
:: plaçage
placard {m}
:: a cupboard , cabinet or closet built against or into a wall
placard {m}
:: an ad that is felt to be injurious , seditious or in otherwise bad taste
placard {m} [dated]
:: a placard
placardage {m}
:: billposting (sticking of posters)
placarder {vt}
:: to post , put up
placarder {vt}
:: to plaster
placardiser {v}
:: To gradually remove the powers and responsibilities of an employee
place {f}
:: place , square , plaza , piazza
place {f}
:: place, space , room
place {f}
:: place, seat
placebo {m}
:: placebo
place d'armes {f} [military]
:: parade ground
place d'armes {f}
:: An assembly point for troops
place d'armes {f}
:: An arsenal
place d'honneur {f}
:: place of honor , seat of honor
place forte {f}
:: stronghold
placement {m}
:: placement
placement de produit {m} [marketing]
:: product placement
placentaire {adj}
:: placental
placentaire {m}
:: placental
placer {v}
:: to place (to put in a specific location)
placer {v}
:: to seat (to put an object into a place where it will rest)
placer {vr}
:: to place (to earn a given spot in a competition)
placer sur un piédestal {vt} [figuratively]
:: to place on a pedestal , to put on a pedestal , to set on a pedestal
placet {m} [historical]
:: petition , appeal
placidement {adv}
:: placidly
placidité {f}
:: placidity , placidness
placier {m}
:: canvasser
placier {m}
:: rep
placière {f}
:: feminine noun of placier
placoplâtre {m}
:: plasterboard
placoter {vi} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: to chat , chatter
plafond {m}
:: ceiling
plafond de verre {m} [sociology, economics]
:: glass ceiling
plafonnement {m}
:: cap , capping, setting an upper limit
plafonner {vt}
:: to cap (put an upper limit on)
plafonner {vi}
:: to reach one's upper limit
plafonnier {m}
:: light (ceiling light )
plage {f}
:: beach
plage {f} [mathematics]
:: range
plagiaire {mf}
:: plagiarist
plagiat {m}
:: plagiarism
plagier {v}
:: to plagiarize
plagiocéphale {adj} [anatomy]
:: plagiocephalic
plagiocéphalie {f} [anatomy]
:: plagiocephaly
plagiotropisme {m} [biology]
:: plagiotropism
plagiste {mf}
:: beachgoer (someone who goes to the beach)
plaider {v}
:: to plead
plaideur {m}
:: litigant
plaideuse {f}
:: litigant (female)
plaidoirie {f}
:: oral argument (court)
plaidoyer {m} [legal]
:: speech for the defence
plaidoyer {m} [figuratively]
:: plea
plaie {f}
:: open wound
plaie {f}
:: scourge
plaïe {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ]
:: alternative form of plage , beach
plaignant {m} [legal]
:: plaintiff ; prosecutor
plaignant {adj} [legal]
:: prosecuting
plaigner {v} [nonstandard, colloquial]
:: alternative form of plaindre
plain {adj} [obsolete]
:: plane
plain-chant {m}
:: plainsong
plaindre {v}
:: to pity
plaindre {vr}
:: to complain
plaine {f}
:: plain
plain-pied {m}
:: single-storey building
plain-pied {m}
:: same-level apartment
plain-pied {m}
:: one-floor residence
plain-pied {m} [Swiss]
:: ground floor
plainte {f}
:: complaint
plainte {f}
:: moan , groan
plainte {f} [legal]
:: (criminal) complaint
plaintif {adj}
:: plaintive , doleful
plaintivement {adv}
:: plaintively
plaire {vi}
:: (followed by à or preceded by an indirect object ) to please (usually translated into English as like with exchange of the subject and object )
plaire {vr}
:: to enjoy (oneself)
plaisamment {adv}
:: pleasantly ; pleasingly
plaisamment {adv}
:: jokingly , jestingly
Plaisance {prop}
:: surname
plaisancier {m} [nautical]
:: boater , amateur sailor
plaisancière {f}
:: feminine noun of plaisancier
plaisant {adj}
:: pleasing ; pleasant
plaisanter {v}
:: to joke (make a joke)
plaisanterie {f}
:: joke
plaisanterie {f}
:: jest ; fun
plaisanterie {f}
:: pleasantry ; joking
plaisanterie {f}
:: jesting ; kidding
plaisantin {m}
:: joker , wag
plaisantin {m}
:: wiseass , smart aleck
plaisir {m}
:: pleasure
Plaisir {prop}
:: Plaisir
plan {m}
:: plan
plan {m}
:: map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.)
plan {m}
:: plane (both flat surface and mathematical plane)
plan {m} [cinema]
:: shot
plan {m} [slang, dated]
:: A small case inserted in the rectum in order to hide one's valuables from a full-body search
plan {adj}
:: planar
planaire {adj} [mathematics]
:: planar
planant {adj}
:: hovering
planche {f}
:: board
planche {f}
:: spread (picture covering a whole page)
planche {f}
:: plank
planche {f}
:: woodcut
planche {f}
:: board (used for sport, e.g. skateboard or surfboard)
planche {f} [figuratively]
:: plank , beanpole (very thin person)
planche à beurre {f}
:: butter paddle
planche à découper {f}
:: chopping board
planche à laver {f} [musical instruments]
:: washboard
planche à pain {f}
:: breadboard
planche à repasser {f}
:: ironing board
planche à repasser {f} [figuratively, slightly offensive]
:: a woman without curves, flat as a pancake
planche à roulettes {f}
:: skateboard
planche à voile {f} [countable]
:: sailboard , windsurf board
planche à voile {f} [uncountable]
:: windsurfing
planche pourrie {f} [figuratively]
:: A generally unreliable , impractical , unhelpful person; a flake
plancher {m}
:: floor
plancher {m}
:: lower limit
plancher {m} [anatomy]
:: floor
plancher {vi}
:: to talk
plancher des vaches {m} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: terra firma , solid ground
Planchet {prop} [rare]
:: given name
planchette {f}
:: small plank
planchette à pince {f}
:: clipboard
planchiste {mf}
:: boarder
planchiste {mf}
:: snowboarder
planchiste {mf}
:: skateboarder
planckien {adj} [physics]
:: Planckian
plan comptable {m}
:: chart of accounts
plançon {m}
:: A medieval French infantry weapon, primarily used for smashing and thrusting
Plançon {prop}
:: surname
plancton {m} [biology]
:: plankton
planctonique {adj}
:: planktonic
plan cul {m} [vulgar]
:: fuck buddy (sexual relationship without further emotional attachment)
plan d'accès {m}
:: access map
plan d'action {m}
:: action plan
plan d'eau {m}
:: lake , pond , stretch of smooth water
plan de cuisson {m} [cooking]
:: hob , stovetop
plan de faille {m} [geology]
:: fault plane
plan de niveau {m}
:: floor plan
plan d'épargne {m}
:: savings plan
plan de travail {m}
:: work plan, schedule
plan de travail {m}
:: worksurface
plan de vol {m}
:: flight plan
plan directeur {m}
:: blueprint ; master plan
plan directeur {m} [military]
:: map of the combat area
plan d'urgence {m}
:: contingency plan
planer {v}
:: to glide , to hover
planer {v}
:: to be entranced , to be mesmerized
planer {v} [slang, of a drug user]
:: to be high
planer {v} [slang]
:: to be going well; to run smoothly
planère {f}
:: A form of Siberian elm (Planera crenata
planétaire {adj}
:: planetary
planétaire {m} [astronomy]
:: orrery
planétaire {m} [automobile]
:: epicyclic gear , planetary gear
planétarium {m}
:: planetarium
planète {f}
:: planet
planète naine {f}
:: dwarf planet
planétésimal {m} [astronomy]
:: planetesimal
planétoide {m} [astronomy]
:: A planetoid , an asteroid large enough to be seen as a small planet
planétoïde {m}
:: planetoid
planétologie {f}
:: planetology
planétologue {mf}
:: planetologist
planeur {m}
:: glider (aircraft)
planeur {m}
:: planer (tool)
plan fixe {m} [cinema]
:: static shot
planificateur {m}
:: planner
planificateur {adj}
:: planning
planification {f}
:: planning (act of making a plan )
planifier {v}
:: to plan ahead, to prepare oneself
plan incliné {m}
:: inclined plane
planisphère {m}
:: planisphere
planning {m}
:: schedule , work plan
planogamie {f} [biology]
:: planogamy
planque {f} [familiar]
:: A hideout , a hiding place
planque {f} [by extension]
:: A situation with few risks involved, or a job with minimal work required
planqué {m} [familiar]
:: A person avoiding any kind of danger or responsability
planquer {v} [colloquial]
:: to hide
planquer {v} [colloquial]
:: to spy , to snoop
plan rapproché {m} [photography, film]
:: close-up
plant {m}
:: seedling
plant {m}
:: young plant or plantation
plantage {m}
:: the action of planting
plantage {m} [computing]
:: crash
plantain {m}
:: plantain , any plant of genus Plantago
plantain {m}
:: plantain [fruit of the genus Musa ]
plantaire {adj} [anatomy]
:: plantar
plantation {f}
:: planting
plantation {f}
:: plantation
plante {f}
:: sole of the foot
plante {f}
:: plant
Plante {prop}
:: surname
plante d'intérieur {f}
:: houseplant
planter {vt}
:: to plant
planter {vt}
:: to drive in (a nail, stake etc.)
planter {vt}
:: to pitch (a tent)
planter {vt} [colloquial]
:: to flake, leave someone behind, by not showing up (for a meeting, date)
planter {vit} [computing]
:: to crash
planter {vr} [colloquial, se planter]
:: to fall off
planter {vr} [colloquial, se planter]
:: to fail , to not succeed
planter {vr} [colloquial, se planter, a vehicle and etc]
:: to break down
planter {vt} [slang]
:: to stab with a knife
planter le décor {v} [theater]
:: to set up the scenery
planter le décor {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to set the scene
planteur {m}
:: planter
planteuse {f}
:: planter (for potatoes etc)
plantier {m}
:: vine (plant)
planton {m}
:: orderly
plantureusement {adv}
:: curvaceously
plantureusement {adv}
:: copiously , lavishly
plantureux {adj}
:: buxom , curvaceous
plantureux {adj}
:: copious , lavish
plantureux {adj}
:: fertile
planule {f}
:: planula
plaquage {m}
:: plating (adding a plate to e.g. metal)
plaquage {m} [rugby]
:: tackle
plaque {f}
:: sheet , plate (of metal)
plaque {f}
:: slab (of marble)
plaque {f} [medicine]
:: plaque (bacteria on teeth)
plaque {f}
:: plaque , slab (ornamental)
plaque {f} [casino]
:: chip
plaque {f} [electrics, photography]
:: plate
plaque {f} [geology]
:: plate (especially a tectonic plate)
plaque {f}
:: slab , bar (of e.g. chocolate)
plaque {f} [slang]
:: 10,000 francs
plaque {f}
:: burner ; ring (element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking)
plaquebière {f}
:: cloudberry [plant]
plaquebière {f}
:: cloudberry , bakeapple [fruit]
plaque de cuisson {f}
:: hotplate ; cooktop , stovetop , hob , range
plaque d'égout {f}
:: manhole
plaque d'immatriculation {f}
:: license plate , number plate
plaqueminier {m}
:: Asian persimmon , Diospyros kaki
plaquer {v}
:: to plate (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material)
plaquer {v} [rugby]
:: To tackle
plaquer {v} [martial arts]
:: To grapple
plaquer {v} [colloquial]
:: To leave someone, to break up with someone; to ditch , to dump , to jilt someone
plaque tectonique {f} [geology]
:: tectonic plate
plaque tournante {f} [rail transport]
:: turntable (rotating plate)
plaque tournante {f} [figuratively]
:: hub , nerve center , key location
plaquettaire {adj}
:: platelet (attributive)
plaquette {f}
:: packet [of butter]; strip , blister pack [of pills]
plaquette {f} [hematology, cytology]
:: platelet
plaquette {f} [automobile, ~ de frein]
:: brake pad
plaquette de frein {f}
:: brake pad
plaquiste {m}
:: A builder who erects plasterboard (or similar) partitions
plasma {m}
:: plasma (all senses)
plasmateur {m}
:: a creator , fashioner
plasmatique {adj}
:: plasma (attributive), plasmatic
plasmide {m}
:: plasmid (circle of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes)
plasmidique {adj} [biology]
:: plasmidic
plasmique {adj}
:: plasmic
plasmode {m}
:: plasmodium
plasmodesme {m}
:: plasmodesma
plasmogamie {f} [biology]
:: plasmogamy
plasmogamique {adj} [biology]
:: plasmogamic
plasmonique {adj}
:: plasmonic
plaste {m}
:: plastid ; leucoplast
plastic {m}
:: plastic explosive
plasticage {m}
:: Action of blowing up something (using plastic explosive )
plasticien {m}
:: plastician (an artist involved with plastic arts )
plasticienne {f}
:: feminine noun of plasticien
plasticité {f}
:: plasticity
plastide {m}
:: plastid
-plastie {suffix}
:: -plasty
plastifiant {m}
:: plasticizer
plastifier {v}
:: to laminate
plastiquage {m}
:: bomb attack
plastique {adj}
:: plastic
plastique {m}
:: plastic
plastiquement {adv}
:: plastically
plastiquer {v}
:: to blow up (using plastic explosive )
plastiqueur {m}
:: terrorist (bomber who uses plastic explosive)
plastiqueuse {f}
:: feminine noun of plastiqueur
plastocyanine {f} [protein]
:: plastocyanin
plastron {m}
:: breastplate (piece of armour)
plastron {m} [fencing]
:: plastron
plastron {m}
:: chest pad ; chest protection; chestguard
plastron {m} [zoology]
:: plastron (part of a turtle's shell)
plastron {m}
:: shirt front; the front of a shirt
plastron {m}
:: plastron (ornamental front part of a bodice)
plastron {m} [zoology]
:: breast (front part of certain birds)
plastronique {adj}
:: plastronic
plastronique {f} [physics]
:: plastronics
plastronner {v}
:: to swagger
plasturgie {f}
:: plastics engineering
plat {adj}
:: flat
plat {m}
:: a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat dish or receptacle
plat {m}
:: dish or course (e.g. served in a restaurant)
platane {m}
:: a sycamore or planetree (genus Platanus )
plat de résistance {m}
:: main course , main dish
plat du jour {m}
:: plat du jour , daily special
plate {f}
:: Very small flat boat
plate {adj} [Canada, colloquial]
:: Annoyingly boring
plate {adj} [Canada, colloquial]
:: Troublesome
plateau {m}
:: flat area
plateau {m}
:: tray
plateau {m} [geography]
:: plateau
plateau {m}
:: stage (in theatre); set (of television broadcast)
plateau {m} [cycling]
:: chainring
plateau de tournage {m}
:: film set
plate-bande {f}
:: flower bed
plate-bande {f} [architecture]
:: platband
platée {f}
:: plateful
plate-forme {f}
:: platform
plateforme {f}
:: alternative form of plate-forme
plateforme de forage {f}
:: drilling rig , drilling platform (for oil)
plate-forme pétrolière {f}
:: oil rig
platelage {m}
:: decking , deck (horizontal surface)
platement {adv}
:: flatly
platinage {m}
:: platinization
platine {m}
:: platinum (metal)
platine {f}
:: platter
platine {f}
:: turntable
platine {f}
:: connector board
platine {f} [clockmaking, locksmithing]
:: plate
platine {f} [printing]
:: platen (printing plate )
platine {f}
:: stage (of a microscope )
platinectomie {f} [surgery]
:: platinectomy , platinotomy
platiner {v}
:: to platinize
platineux {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: platinous
platinique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: platinic
platinoïde {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: platinoid
platinotypie {f}
:: platinotype
Platon {prop} {m}
:: Plato (Greek philosopher)
platonicien {adj} [philosophy, mathematics]
:: Platonic
platonique {adj}
:: Platonic
platonique {adj}
:: platonic
platoniquement {adv}
:: platonically
platoniser {v}
:: platonize
platonisme {m}
:: Platonism
plat principal {m}
:: main course
plâtrage {m}
:: plastering , pargeting
plâtras {m}
:: rubble
plâtre {m}
:: plaster , plaster of Paris (the building material)
plâtre {m}
:: plaster , cast (supportive and immobilising device)
plâtrer {vt}
:: to plaster
plâtrer {vt}
:: to render
plâtrier {m}
:: plasterer
plâtrière {f}
:: gypsum quarry (for the manufacture of plaster)
plâtrière {f}
:: feminine noun of plâtrier
platycnémie {f} [anatomy]
:: platycnemism
platycnémien {adj} [anatomy]
:: platycnemic
platycnémique {adj} [anatomy]
:: platycnemic
platykurticité {f} [maths]
:: platykurtosis , platykurticity
platykurtique {adj} [maths]
:: platykurtic
platyphylle {adj}
:: broadleaf
plausibilité {f}
:: plausibility
plausible {adj}
:: plausible
Plaute {prop} {m}
:: Plautus
playback {m} [music, singing]
:: lip-syncing
play-boy {m}
:: playboy (person)
playboy {m}
:: alternative spelling of play-boy
playlist {f}
:: playlist
PLC {prop} {m} [initialism]
:: [Canadian politics] Parti libéral du Canada - Liberal Party of Canada (LPC )
plèbe {f}
:: pleb
plèbe {f}
:: (in plural ) people , mob
plébéien {adj}
:: plebeian
plébéien {m} [historical]
:: plebeian , commoner
plébéiennement {adv}
:: In a plebeian manner
plébiscitaire {adj}
:: plebiscitary
plébiscite {m}
:: plebiscite
plébisciter {vt}
:: to vote by plebiscite
plébisciter {vt}
:: to approve overwhelmingly
plectre {m}
:: plectrum , pick (for strumming string instruments)
pléiade {f}
:: host (large group)
plein {adj}
:: full , full up
plein {adj}
:: plenty
plein {adj}
:: solid
plein {adj} [astronomy, of a moon]
:: full
plein {adj}
:: [preceded by en] mid- ; middle
plein {adj} [biology, of an animal]
:: pregnant
plein {prep} [somewhat colloquial]
:: in ; all over
plein aux as {adj} [colloquial]
:: filthy rich (extremely rich)
plein comme une huître {adj} [Europe, simile]
:: drunk as a skunk
plein comme un œuf {adj} [simile, colloquial]
:: Very drunk ; pissed as a newt ; drunk as a skunk
plein de soupe {m} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Martin Parish]
:: a greedy man
pleine lune {f}
:: full moon
pleinement {adv}
:: completely , all over
plein-emploi {m}
:: full employment
plein et entier {adj}
:: full , complete
plein pot {adv} [colloquial]
:: at full speed , at full throttle , hell-for-leather
pléiotrope {adj} [biology]
:: pleiotropic
pléiotropie {f} [biology]
:: pleiotropy
pléiotropique {adj}
:: pleiotropic
pléistocène {adj}
:: Pleistocene
Pléistocène {prop} {m}
:: Pleistocene period
plénier {adj}
:: complete , entire
plénier {adj}
:: plenary
plénièrement {adv}
:: completely , entirely
plénipotentiaire {adj}
:: plenipotentiary
plénipotentiaire {mf}
:: plenipotentiary (a person invested with supreme authority)
plénitude {f}
:: fullness , plenitude
pléomorphe {adj} [biology]
:: pleomorphic
pléonasme {m} [linguistics]
:: pleonasm , redundancy
pléonaste {m} [mineralogy]
:: pleonaste
pléonastique {adj}
:: pleonastic
plérôme {m} [gnosticism]
:: pleroma
plésiomorphie {f} [genetics]
:: plesiomorphy
plésiomorphique {adj} [biology]
:: plesiomorphic
plésiomorphisme {m} [biology]
:: plesiomorphism , plesiomorphy
plessimétrique {adj}
:: pleximetric
plessimétriquement {adv}
:: pleximetrically
pléthore {f}
:: plethora
pléthorique {adj} [medical]
:: plethoric
pléthorique {adj}
:: overloaded , overabundant
pléthoriquement {adv}
:: plethorically
pléthoriquement {adv}
:: overabundantly
pleur {m}
:: Cry (action of producing tears)
pleurard {m}
:: crybaby
pleurard {adj}
:: crying
pleurer {vi}
:: to cry , to weep
pleurer {vt}
:: to mourn
pleurer à chaudes larmes {v}
:: to cry one's eyes out , to weep buckets
pleurer comme une madeleine {v} [simile]
:: To bawl , especially exaggeratedly; to cry one's eyes out ; to cry like a baby
pleurer toutes les larmes de son corps {v}
:: To cry one's eyes out , to cry profusely
pleurésie {f} [pathology]
:: pleurisy
pleurétique {adj}
:: pleuritic
pleureur {m}
:: crier ; weeper one who cries or weeps
pleureur {m}
:: crybaby
pleureur {adj}
:: weeping
pleureuse {f}
:: professional mourner
pleurnichard {m}
:: crybaby
pleurnichard {m}
:: sniveller
pleurnichard {adj}
:: whingeing
pleurnicher {v}
:: to whine (to complain or protest in a childish manner or about trivial things)
pleurnicherie {f}
:: whine
pleurnicheur {m} [colloquial]
:: sniveller
pleurnicheuse {f}
:: feminine noun of pleurnicheur
pleurote {m}
:: oyster mushroom
pleutre {m}
:: coward
pleutre {adj}
:: cowardly
pleutre {v}
:: to be cowardly
pleutrement {adv}
:: cowardly
pleuviner {v}
:: to drizzle
pleuvioter {v}
:: to drizzle
pleuvoir {v}
:: to rain
pleuvoir à boire debout {v}
:: to rain cats and dogs (to rain very heavily)
pleuvoir à seaux {v}
:: to rain buckets (to rain heavily)
pleuvoir à verse {v}
:: to rain heavily
pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse {v} [simile, vulgar]
:: to rain like a cow pissing on a flat rock , to piss it down
pleuvoir des cordes {v} [figuratively]
:: to rain cats and dogs (to rain heavily)
pleuvoir des hallebardes {v}
:: to rain heavily; to rain cats and dogs
plèvre {f} [anatomy]
:: pleura
plexiglas {m}
:: Plexiglas
plexus {m}
:: plexus
pli {m}
:: fold
pli {m}
:: pleat
pli {m}
:: letter
pli {m} [card games]
:: trick
pliable {adj}
:: pliable
pliage {m}
:: folding (the act of folding something)
pliant {adj}
:: pliant
plie {m}
:: plaice
plié {adj}
:: in stitches
plie commune {f}
:: European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa
plie d'Europe {f}
:: European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa
plier {vt}
:: to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding)
plier {v}
:: to fold up
plier {v}
:: to bend
plier {v}
:: to mess up ; to do in ; to damage
plier {v} [figuratively]
:: to kill , kill off (a game)
plier bagage {v}
:: to leave , to move , go away
Pline {prop} {m}
:: Pliny
plinien {adj}
:: Plinian
plinthe {f}
:: plinth
plinthe {f}
:: skirting board ; baseboard (panel between floor and interior wall)
pliocène {adj}
:: Pliocene
Pliocène {prop} {m}
:: Pliocene period
plioir {m}
:: folding-bone , folding-stick , bonefolder
plissé {adj}
:: pleated
plissement {m}
:: folding
plissement {m} [geology]
:: fold
plisser {vt}
:: to fold over, pleat
plisser {vt}
:: to wrinkle , crease , pucker , screw up
plisser {vi}
:: to be creased (of clothes etc.), wrinkled (stockings etc.)
plisser {vr}
:: to crease , wrinkle
plisser les yeux {v}
:: to look with eyes partly closed; squint
pliure {f}
:: a folding
plomb {m}
:: lead (metal)
plomb {m}
:: fuse
plomb {m}
:: sinker (fishing weight)
plombage {m}
:: weighting (with lead); filling , stopping
plombage {m} [dentistry]
:: filling
plombagine {m} [mineralogy]
:: graphite
plombate {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: plumbate
plombe {f} [slang]
:: ages , a long time
plombémie {f} [pathology]
:: The presence of lead in the blood
plomber {v}
:: to fill with lead , to weigh down with lead
plomber {v} [figuratively]
:: to become a burden , to weigh down
plomberie {f}
:: plumbing ; plumbery
plombeux {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: plumbous
plombier {m}
:: plumber (profession)
plombière {f}
:: feminine singular of plombier
plombique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: plumbic
plombite {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: plumbite
plomburie {f}
:: lead poisoning
plonge {f} [France, colloquial]
:: the work of washing dishes
plongeant {adj}
:: plunging (neckline etc)
plongée {f}
:: dive
plongée {f}
:: The forward tilt of an automobile when braking
plongeoir {m}
:: diving board
plongeon {m}
:: dive (act of diving into water)
plongeon {m} [sports]
:: diving
plongeon {m}
:: loon (the bird)
plongeon synchronisé {m}
:: synchronized diving
plonger {v}
:: to dive
plonger {v}
:: to plunge
plongeur {adj} [chiefly of an animal]
:: diving (that or who dives)
plongeur {m}
:: diver (one who dives for pearls, coral, sponges, sunken items, and so on)
plongeur {m}
:: diver (one who practices the sport of diving)
plongeur {m}
:: dishwasher (a person who washes dishes in a restaurant or similar establishment)
plongeuse {f}
:: feminine noun of plongeur
plosif {adj}
:: plosive
plosion {f} [phonetics]
:: plosion
plosive {f}
:: plosive
ploter {v} [maths]
:: To plot or trace (a curve)
ploter {v}
:: alternative form of peloter
plotte {f} [Quebec, vulgar, slang]
:: a vulva , a vagina
plotte {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ]
:: a ball ; a football
plotter {v} [obsolete]
:: alternative form of peloter
plouc {m}
:: hick , country bumpkin , yokel , redneck
plouf {m}
:: splash
ploussard {m}
:: A black grape variety form Jura
ploutocrate {mf}
:: plutocrat
ploutocratie {f}
:: plutocracy
ploutocratique {adj}
:: plutocratic
ployer {vi} [literary]
:: to bend , fold
P. L. Q. {prop}
:: alternative form of PLQ
P.L.Q. {prop}
:: alternative form of PLQ
PLQ {prop} [Canadian politics]
:: initialism of Parti libéral du Québec - Liberal Party of Quebec (LPQ )
PLS {f}
:: initialism of position latérale de sécurité : recovery position
plucher {v}
:: to fluff up , to become fluffy
plug {m}
:: butt-plug
plugiciel {m}
:: plug-in (computer program addon)
plugiciel {adj}
:: plug-in
pluie {f}
:: rain
pluie acide {f}
:: acid rain
pluie verglaçante {f} [meteorology]
:: freezing rain
plumage {m} [ornithology, collective noun]
:: plumage (a bird's feathers, collectively speaking)
plumbago {m} [botany]
:: plumbago
plume {f}
:: feather
plume {f}
:: quill
plume {f}
:: nib , the writing end of a fountain pen or a dip pen
plume {f} [dated]
:: writer , penman
plumeau {m}
:: feather duster
plumer {v}
:: to pluck the feathers off
plumer {v} [colloquial]
:: To swindle or cheat out of
plumer {v} [colloquial]
:: To desquamate ; to have the skin peel off
plumet {m}
:: An ostrich feather placed in a hat
plumet {m}
:: A bouquet of feathers used to decorate military headgear
plumet {m}
:: A bouquet of feathers used to decorate a dais , a bed , or a hearse
plumet {m}
:: Feathergrass (Stipa pennata)
plumet {m}
:: A bundle of feathers attached to a piece of cork which is allowed to float in order to determine the direction of the wind
plumetis {m}
:: satin stitch
plumeux {adj}
:: feathery
plumier {m}
:: pencil box
plumitif {m}
:: penpusher
plupart {f}
:: main part, majority
plupart {f}
:: most of
plural {adj}
:: plural , large
pluralisme {m}
:: pluralism
pluraliste {mf}
:: pluralist
pluralité {f}
:: plurality
pluri- {prefix}
:: pluri-
pluriannuel {adj}
:: long-term
pluriannuel {adj}
:: pluriennial
pluricellulaire {adj}
:: multicellular , pluricellular
pluridimensionnel {adj}
:: pluridimensional , multidimensional
pluridirectionnel {adj}
:: pluridirectional
pluridisciplinaire {adj}
:: multidisciplinary
pluridisciplinairement {adv}
:: multidisciplinarily ; in a multidisciplinary way
pluridisciplinarité {f}
:: multidisciplinarity
pluriel {m}
:: plural
pluriel {adj}
:: plural
pluriel brisé {m} [grammar, linguistics]
:: broken plural
pluriellement {adv}
:: plurally ; in the plural
pluriethnique {adj}
:: multiethnic
plurilingue {adj}
:: multilingual , plurilingual
plurilinguisme {m}
:: multilingualism
pluriloculaire {adj} [biology]
:: plurilocular
pluripartisme {m}
:: multipartyism
pluripartiste {adj}
:: multiparty
pluripotence {f} [biology]
:: pluripotency
pluripotent {adj} [biology]
:: pluripotent
pluriquotidien {adj}
:: several times each day
pluriquotidiennement {adv}
:: several times each day
pluriséculaire {adj}
:: Over several centuries
pluriséculaire {adj}
:: Centuries-old
plus {adv}
:: more , -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
plus {adv}
:: more , -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
plus {adv} [after a verb]
:: more , -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
plus {adv} [before a noun]
:: more (indicating a greater quantity; followed by de )
plus {adv}
:: more (supplementary, preceded by de )
plus {adv} [preceded by a definite article]
:: the most , -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
plus {adv} [usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below]
:: no longer , not ... any more
plus {m}
:: plus , the symbol +
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose {proverb}
:: the more things change, the more they stay the same
plus facile à dire qu'à faire {adj}
:: easier said than done (easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish)
plus grand commun dénominateur {m} [mathematics]
:: synonym of plus grand commun diviseur
plus grand commun diviseur {m} [mathematics]
:: greatest common divisor
plusieurs {adj}
:: several , many , a lot
plus on est de fous, plus on rit {proverb}
:: the more the merrier
plus ou moins {adv}
:: more or less (approximately)
plus petit commun multiple {m} [mathematics]
:: least common multiple
plus que de raison {adv} [literary]
:: more than is reasonable , too much , excessively
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
plus vrai que nature {adj}
:: more authentic than the original , even better than the real thing, very similar to the original in appearance
Plutarque {prop} {m}
:: Plutarch (Greek historian)
Pluton {prop} {m}
:: Pluto (dwarf planet)
Pluton {prop} {m}
:: Pluto (god)
plutoneux {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: plutonous
plutonien {adj}
:: Plutonian
plutonique {adj} [geology, inorganic chemistry]
:: plutonic
plutonium {m}
:: plutonium
plutôt {adv} [obsolete]
:: earlier , sooner
plutôt {adv}
:: rather , instead
plutôt {adv}
:: rather , pretty , kind of
pluvier {m}
:: plover
pluvier bronzé {m}
:: American golden plover , Pluvialis dominica
pluvier doré {m}
:: Eurasian golden plover [Pluvialis apricaria ]
pluvier fauve {m}
:: Pacific golden plover , Pluvialis fulva
pluvieux {adj}
:: rainy
pluviomètre {m}
:: pluviometer
pluviométrie {f}
:: pluviometry
pluviométrique {adj}
:: pluviometric
pluviôse {m} [historical]
:: Pluviôse (the fifth month of the French Republican Calendar)
pluviosité {f}
:: (amount of) rainfall
pm {mf}
:: alternative form of PM
P. M. {mf}
:: alternative form of P.M.
P.M. {adv}
:: post meridiem
PM {adv}
:: initialism of post meridiem
PM {n}
:: market price
PMA {m}
:: abbreviation of pays les moins avancés ; LDC
PME {f}
:: abbreviation of Petites et Moyennes Entreprises ; SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise)
PMU {m}
:: abbreviation of Pari mutuel urbain
PMU {m} [by extension, France]
:: a place where one can bet on horse races, usually a café or tabac
PNC {mf}
:: Flight attendant, cabin crew
pneu {m}
:: tyre , tire
pneu de secours {m}
:: spare tyre
pneu hiver {m}
:: winter tire
pneumatique {adj}
:: pneumatic
pneumatique {m} [rare]
:: tyre (wheel covering)
pneumaturie {f} [pathology]
:: pneumaturia
pneumique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pneumic
pneumo- {prefix}
:: pneumo-
pneumocoque {m}
:: pneumococcus
pneumogastrique {adj} [anatomy]
:: pneumogastric
pneumogastrique {m} [anatomy]
:: pneumogastric
pneumographie {f}
:: pneumography
pneumologie {f}
:: pneumology , pulmonology
pneumologique {adj}
:: pneumological
pneumologue {mf}
:: pneumologist
pneumonie {f} [pathology]
:: pneumonia
pneumonique {adj}
:: pneumonic
pneumopathie {f}
:: pneumonia
pnictogène {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pnictogen
pnicture {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pnictide
Pô {prop} {m}
:: Pô (river)
poa {m}
:: poa , grass
pochade {f}
:: pochade
pochard {m} [colloquial]
:: drunk , drunkard
pocharde {f}
:: feminine noun of pochard
poche {f}
:: pocket (part of the clothing)
poche {f}
:: pouch (small bag, or part of small bag)
poche {f}
:: pouch [of a marsupial]
poche {f}
:: pocket (cavity)
poche {f}
:: poach (act of cooking by poaching)
poche {f}
:: the rendering or the act of rendering the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black
poche {f}
:: ladle (container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal)
poche {adj} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: lame , boring , dull
poche {adj} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: bad , untalented , sucky
poche des eaux {f}
:: amniotic sac
pocher {v}
:: to poach ; to cook by poaching
pocher {v}
:: to sketch ; to make a sketch of
pochetron {m} [slang, pejorative]
:: someone who drinks copiously , a drunkard
pochetronne {f}
:: feminine noun of pochetron
pochette {f}
:: (small) pocket
pochette {f}
:: sleeve (of e.g. a CD)
pochette {f}
:: clutch bag
pochoir {m}
:: stencil (utensil consisting of a perforated sheet)
pôchouse {f}
:: alternative form of pauchouse
pochtron {m} [slang, pejorative]
:: alternative form of pochetron
pochtronne {f}
:: feminine noun of pochtron
pococurante {mf}
:: one who is apathetic
podaire {f} [geometry]
:: pedal curve
podcast {m} [Internet, neologism]
:: podcast
podcaster {v}
:: to podcast
podcasting {m}
:: podcasting
podium {m}
:: podium
Podolie {prop} {f}
:: Podolia
podologue {mf}
:: chiropodist , podiatrist
podomètre {m}
:: pedometer
podophylle {m} [botany]
:: podophyllum
podophylleux {adj} [biology]
:: podophyllous
Podor {prop}
:: Podor (city)
podorythmie {f} [Canada]
:: The tapping of one's feet in time to music
podotactile {adj}
:: pedotactile
poecilitique {adj} [geology]
:: poikilitic
poêle {m}
:: stove
poêle {f}
:: frying pan , pan
poêle {f} [colloquial]
:: metal detector
poêle {m} [religion]
:: pall
poêlé {adj}
:: pan-fried
poêle à frire {f}
:: frying pan
poêlée {f}
:: pan fry
poêler {v} [cooking]
:: to fry in a frying pan
poêlon {m}
:: Type of casserole (cooking pot)
poème {m}
:: poem (literary piece written in verse)
poëme {m} [archaic]
:: alternative spelling of poème
pœnal {adj}
:: obsolete form of pénal
poésie {f}
:: poetry
poesque {adj}
:: Poesque
poète {m}
:: poet
poétereau {m}
:: mediocre poet
poétesse {f}
:: feminine noun of poète : poetess (female poet)
poétique {adj}
:: poetic , poetical
poétiquement {adv}
:: poetically (in a poetic way)
poétiser {vi}
:: To versify
poétiser {vt}
:: To poetize or poeticize
Pœuilly {prop}
:: Pœuilly
Pogba {prop}
:: surname
pogner {vt} [Quebec, Louisiana French]
:: to catch
pogner {vt} [Quebec, Louisiana French]
:: to grab , to grasp
pogner {v} [Quebec, Louisiana French, slang, figuratively]
:: to seize
pogner {v} [Quebec, figuratively, impersonal verb]
:: to be arrested or frozen (by a notion or emotion)
pogner {vt} [Quebec, slang]
:: to surprise , to run into , to find out (someone in the act of wrongdoing, someone in hiding)
pogner {vt} [Quebec]
:: to collide , to hit
pogner {vt} [Quebec, slang]
:: to receive
pogner {vt} [Quebec, slang]
:: to understand , [figuratively] to get (a joke )
pogner {vi} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: to catch on or become popular , to succeed
pogner {vi} [Quebec, slang, idiomatic]
:: to seduce , to have success in interpersonal relationships
pogner {vr} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: to take or acquire something (for oneself)
pogner {v} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: to become stuck or jammed (of one object in another, used reflexively)
pogner {v} [Quebec, slang]
:: to argue , to quarrel (with someone), to butt heads (used either reflexively or with subject)
pogner {v} [Quebec, slang]
:: to make out , or to make love or have sex (used reflexively)
pogner {vt} [Louisiana French, slang]
:: to fool
pognon {m} [colloquial]
:: dough , dosh , bread (money)
pogo {m} [Canada, food, colloquial]
:: pogo (corndog on a stick)
pogoter {v}
:: To dance the pogo
pogrom {m}
:: pogrom
poichichade {f}
:: A traditional Provençal spreadable dish consisting of chickpeas , garlic and olive oil
poids {m}
:: weight
poids léger {m}
:: lightweight (sports category)
poids lourd {m}
:: HGV ; heavy goods vehicle
poids lourd {m}
:: heavyweight (sports category)
poids mort {m}
:: dead weight
poids mort {m} [figuratively]
:: dead weight
poids moyen {m}
:: middleweight (sports category)
poignamment {adv}
:: poignantly
poignant {adj}
:: poignant
poignard {m}
:: dagger
poignardage {m} [rare]
:: stabbing
poignarder {v}
:: to stab ; to knife
poigne {f}
:: grip
poignée {f}
:: handful (amount held in hand)
poignée {f}
:: handful (a small number)
poignée {f}
:: (also poignée de main ) handshake
poignée {f}
:: grip (part of an object someone grips)
poignée {f}
:: handle
poignée de main {f}
:: handshake
poignet {m}
:: wrist
poignet {m}
:: carpus
poil {m}
:: hair (on the body)
poil {m}
:: bristle (on a brush)
poil à gratter {m} [practical joke]
:: itching powder
poil au nez {phrase} [colloquial, humorous]
:: Used as a rhyme with a word ending with the /e/ sound
poil aux dents {phrase} [colloquial, humorous]
:: Used as a rhyme with a word ending with the /ɑ̃/ sound
poiler {vp} [colloquial]
:: to laugh hard
poil pubien {m}
:: a pubic hair , a pube
poilu {adj} [colloquial]
:: hairy
poilu {adj} [dated, figurative]
:: brave , courageous ; energetic
poilu {m} [historical]
:: poilu (French soldier during World War I)
poincarisme {m}
:: The politics of Raymond Poincaré
poincariste {mf}
:: An adherent of poincarisme
poinçon {m}
:: stamp (device)
poinçon {m}
:: a pointed tool, such as a punch , chisel , bodkin or awl
poinçon {m}
:: hallmark (an official marking)
poinçonner {vt}
:: to stamp , punch
poinçonner {vt}
:: to hallmark
poinçonneuse {f}
:: punch (machine)
poindre {vt} [obsolete]
:: to prick , sting
poindre {vt} [literary]
:: to sting , afflict (of pain, love etc.)
poindre {vi}
:: to come up (of a plant), peep through
poindre {vi} [literary]
:: to break , dawn (of day); to break (of dawn)
poindre {vi} [figurative]
:: to appear , spring up
poing {m}
:: fist
poing américain {m}
:: brass knuckles
poing-à-poing {m}
:: fist bump
point {m}
:: point (small mark)
point {m} [sports, games]
:: point
point {m}
:: full stop , period (punctuation mark)
point {m} [knitting]
:: stitch pattern
point {adv} [literary, dialectal, usually with "ne"]
:: not
pointage {m}
:: ticking off
pointage {m}
:: checking in
pointage {m}
:: scrutiny
point à la ligne {interj} [colloquial]
:: period , full stop
point aveugle {m}
:: blind spot (place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina)
point barre {interj}
:: period ; full stop
point cardinal {m}
:: cardinal point
point chaud {m} [geology]
:: hot spot
point commun {m}
:: common feature , shared trait , thing in common , similarity
point d'ancrage {m} [literally and figuratively]
:: anchor point , anchor
point d'Angleterre {m}
:: Brussels lace
point d'articulation {m} [phonetics]
:: place of articulation
point d'eau {m}
:: water point , water source , watering place, watering hole
point d'ébullition {m} [physics]
:: boiling point
point de chute {m} [skydiving]
:: landing place , dropzone (target where a skydiver lands)
point de chute {m} [figuratively]
:: place to stay , place to crash , stopping-off point
point de côté {m}
:: stitch (pain in one's side)
point de départ {m}
:: starting point
point de fuite {m}
:: vanishing point
point de fusion {m} [physics]
:: melting point
point de mire {m}
:: target , point of aim
point de mire {m} [figuratively]
:: focal point , cynosure
point de non retour {m}
:: alternative spelling of point de non-retour
point de non-retour {m} [aviation]
:: point of no return
point de non-retour {m} [figuratively]
:: point of no return (moment when a process becomes irreversible )
point d'entrée {m}
:: entry point
point de rebroussement {m} [geometry, analysis]
:: cusp
point de repère {m}
:: point of reference , landmark
point de rosée {m} [physics]
:: dew point
point de suture {m}
:: stitch (of surgical suture )
point de vente {m}
:: point of sale
point de vente {m}
:: salespoint , retail outlet , sales outlet, outlet store (shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier)
point de vie {m} [video games]
:: health point , life point , hit point
point de vue {m}
:: point of view
point d'exclamation {m}
:: exclamation mark , exclamation point
point d'expérience {m} [RPG]
:: experience point
point d'inflexion {m}
:: point of inflection (a change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave)
point d'interrogation {m}
:: question mark (punctuation)
point diplomatique {m}
:: the punctuation ⟨ [[./.]] ⟩, a full stop followed by a slash followed by another full stop, used in French-language diplomatic texts to indicate the end of a message
point diplomatique {m}
:: See: fr point diplomatique
point d'orgue {m} [music]
:: pause , fermata
point d'orgue {m} [figuratively]
:: climax , culmination , capstone
pointe {f}
:: point
pointeau {m}
:: punch , centrepunch
pointe aux âmes {f} [musical instruments, lutherie]
:: soundpost setter , soundpost setting tool
pointe de vin {f}
:: merriment caused by mild intoxication
pointer {v}
:: to point to/at
pointer {v} [by extension]
:: to indicate , to show , to point out
pointer {v}
:: to punch in , to clock in
pointer {vp} [colloquial]
:: to show up , turn up
pointer {m}
:: pointer (dog)
pointer du doigt {vt}
:: to point out , to indicate ; to point at ; to point the finger at , to blame , to accuse , to incriminate
pointeur {m} [military]
:: One who points a cannon at its target
pointeur {m}
:: One who maintains a register of people present and absent
pointeur {m} [computing, programming]
:: A pointer
point exclarrogatif {m} [rare]
:: interrobang (the punctuation mark ‽)
point faible {m}
:: weakness , weak spot
point final {m}
:: period [US usage]; full stop [UK usage]
point final {interj}
:: period , full stop
point fort {m}
:: strength , strong suit
point G {m}
:: G-spot
pointillé {m}
:: dotted line
pointillé {m}
:: perforation
pointillé {m} [art]
:: stippling
pointilleusement {adv}
:: punctiliously
pointilleux {adj}
:: punctilious , finicky , pernickety
pointillisme {m} [art]
:: pointillism
point médian {m} [typography]
:: interpunct , interpoint , middot
point mort {m} [physics]
:: dead centre
point mort {m} [in vehicles]
:: neutral (the position of a set of gears)
point mort {m} [figuratively]
:: standstill , deadlock
point noir {m}
:: blackhead , comedo
points de suspension {mp}
:: ellipsis (mark used in printing to indicate an omission)
point triple {m} [physics]
:: triple point
pointu {adj}
:: sharp
pointu {adj} [figuratively]
:: specialised , technical , pointed
pointure {f}
:: shoe size
pointure {f} [colloquial]
:: master ; big name (person very skilled at doing something)
point virgule {m}
:: semicolon
point-virgule {m}
:: semicolon (punctuation mark)
poire {f}
:: pear
poire {f} [colloquial]
:: mug , sucker , soft touch
poire {f} [colloquial]
:: mush , face
poire {f}
:: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper
poire {f}
:: pear brandy
poire {f}
:: A pear-shaped switch
poire {f} [butchery]
:: A beef cut
poiré {m}
:: perry (pear cider )
poire à lavement {f}
:: bulb syringe , enema syringe , douche
poireau {m}
:: leek (Allium ampeloprasum Allium porrum
poireau {m} [slang]
:: cock , dick
poireauter {v} [colloquial]
:: to hang around , to hang
poire belle Hélène {f}
:: A dessert made from pears poached in sugar syrup and served with vanilla ice cream , chocolate syrup, and crystallized violets (or, in simpler variations, sliced almonds )
poire d'angoisse {f}
:: pear of anguish , choke pear
poire d'avocat {f}
:: avocado pear (avocado fruit)
poiré de glace {m}
:: ice perry
poirée {f}
:: chard [type of beet]
poiré mousseux {m}
:: sparkling perry (pear champagne)
poirer {v} [slang]
:: to nab , take by surprise
poirier {m}
:: pear tree
poirier {m}
:: headstand
Poirier {prop}
:: surname
pois {m}
:: pea
pois {m}
:: polka dot
pois chiche {m}
:: chick pea
pois de senteur {m}
:: sweet pea
poison {m}
:: poison
poissard {adj}
:: (of language ) coarse , common , vulgar
poissard {adj}
:: unlucky
poisse {f}
:: chronic bad luck
poisser {vt}
:: to make sticky
poisser {vt}
:: to nab (apprehend)
poisseux {adj}
:: sticky
poisson {m}
:: fish (marine animal)
Poisson {prop}
:: surname
poisson-chat {m}
:: catfish
poisson-chien {m} [Africa]
:: The tigerfish , in the genus Hydrocynus
poisson-chien {m} [rare]
:: The European mudminnow , Umbra krameri
poisson-chirurgien {m}
:: surgeonfish
poisson d'avril {m}
:: April fool (an April Fool's Day joke)
poisson-football {m}
:: footballfish
poissonier {m}
:: fish cook
poissonière {f}
:: feminine noun of poissonier
poisson-lait {m}
:: milkfish
poissonnerie {f}
:: fishmonger's (shop which sells fish)
poissonneux {adj}
:: Full of fish ; abundant in fish
poissonnier {m}
:: fishmonger (someone who sells fish)
poissonnière {f}
:: feminine noun of poissonnier
poisson plat {m}
:: flatfish
poisson rouge {m}
:: goldfish
poisson royal {m} [law]
:: royal fish
Poissons {prop} {mp} [astronomy]
:: The constellation Pisces 'the Fishes'
Poissons {prop} {mp} [astrology]
:: The zodiac sign Pisces , after the above
Poissons {prop} {mp} [geography]
:: Poissons (municipality)
Poissons {prop} {mp} [geography]
:: Poissons (canton), named after the above town, its capital
poisson-tigre {m}
:: The tigerfish , in the genus Hydrocynus.
poisson-vipère {m}
:: viperfish
poisson volant {m}
:: flying fish (a tropical marine fish)
poitevin {adj}
:: Poitevin
Poitiers {prop}
:: Poitiers
Poitou-Charentes {prop}
:: Poitou-Charentes , former region of France
poitrail {m}
:: chest (of horse); breast (of bird etc.)
poitrail {m} [jocular]
:: chest (of human)
poitrail de puzzle {m} [medicine, putative]
:: jigsaw breast/chest
poitrinaire {adj} [archaic]
:: consumptive , tubercular , phthistic
poitrine {f}
:: chest (of body)
poitrine {f}
:: breast (of body)
poitrine {f}
:: breast (of poultry, as meat)
poivrade {f}
:: poivrade
poivre {m}
:: pepper (spice)
poivre blanc {m}
:: white pepper (spice)
poivre de Cayenne {m}
:: cayenne pepper (spice)
poivre de Cayenne {m}
:: pepper spray (weapon)
poivre du moulin {m}
:: freshly ground pepper
poivre et sel {adj}
:: salt-and-pepper
poivre noir {m}
:: black pepper (spice)
poivrer {v}
:: to pepper (to season with pepper)
poivrier {m}
:: pepper (plant)
poivrière {f}
:: pepper pot
poivron {m}
:: bell pepper (Capsicum annuum
poivronnade {f}
:: A traditional French dish consisting of peppers (the vegetable) and various herbs and spices, or other vegetables
poivrot {m}
:: drunkard
poivrote {f}
:: female equivalent of poivrot
poix {f}
:: pitch
poker {m} [card games]
:: poker
polacca {f}
:: polonaise
Polack {m}
:: alternative spelling of Polak (Polack , person of Polish descent)
polaire {adj}
:: polar
Polak {m} [slang]
:: Polack (person of Polish descent)
Polandball {m}
:: Polandball
polaque {mf}
:: alternative spelling of Polak (Polack , person of Polish descent)
polar {m} [colloquial]
:: detective novel
polarimètre {m}
:: polarimeter
polarimétrie {f}
:: polarimetry
polarisabilité {f}
:: polarizability
polarisation {f}
:: polarization , polarisation
polarisé {adj}
:: polarized
polariser {v}
:: to polarize
polariseur {m}
:: polarizer
polarité {f}
:: polarity
polarographie {f} [chemistry, physics]
:: polarography
polaroïd {m}
:: Polaroid picture
polder {m} [geography]
:: polder
-pole {suffix}
:: -polis
-pole {suffix}
:: -poly , related to market or economy
pôle {m} [geography, astronomy, science]
:: pole
pôle {m} [figuratively]
:: centre , hub
polémarque {m} [historical, Ancient Greece]
:: polemarch
polémique {f}
:: polemic , controversy
polémique {adj}
:: polemic
polémique {adj}
:: controversial
polémiquer {vi}
:: to be involved in a controversy
polémiste {mf}
:: polemicist
polémochorie {f} [biology]
:: polemochory
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)
polenta {f}
:: polenta
pôle sud {m}
:: south pole (of a magnet )
pôle Sud {m}
:: south pole (the southernmost point on a celestial body)
polhodie {f}
:: polhode
poli {adj}
:: polite
poli {adj}
:: polished
poli {m}
:: lustre , polish
police {f}
:: police
police {f} [typography]
:: fount , font
police {f} [Quebec]
:: cop (police officer)
police de l'air et des frontières {f}
:: border police
police des mœurs {f}
:: vice squad
police judiciaire {f}
:: The detective / investigation division of the French police
policeman {m}
:: policeman (in Anglophone countries)
policer {v}
:: to police
polichinelle {m}
:: Punchinello doll
polichinelle {m}
:: buffoon
Polichinelle {prop} {m}
:: Pulcinella (Italian theatrical character)
policier {adj}
:: police (attributive)
policier {m}
:: policeman , police officer
policier {m}
:: police movie
policière {f}
:: female equivalent of policier
policlinique {f}
:: polyclinic
policlinique {f}
:: outpatients (department of hospital)
poliment {adv}
:: politely
poliomyélite {f} [pathology]
:: poliomyelitis
poliomyélitique {adj}
:: polio (attributive)
poliorcétique {adj}
:: relative to siegecraft
poliorcétique {f}
:: poliorcetics , siegecraft (the science of laying siege )
polir {v}
:: to shine ; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding (often polish up)
polir {v}
:: to refine ; remove imperfections
polissage {m}
:: polishing
polissage {m}
:: refining
polisseur {m}
:: polisher (person) (machine, masculine only)
polisseuse {f}
:: feminine noun of polisseur
polissoir {m}
:: a polissoir
polisson {m}
:: naughty child, scamp
polisson {adj}
:: mischievous
polisson {adj}
:: licentious , shameless
polissonner {v} [archaic]
:: to be naughty
polissonnerie {f}
:: mischief
polissonnerie {f}
:: licentiousness
politesse {f}
:: politeness , courtesy
politesse {f}
:: polite remark/action
politicard {adj} [pejorative]
:: politico (attributive)
politicard {m} [pejorative]
:: politico
politicien {m}
:: politician
politicienne {f}
:: feminine noun of politicien
politique {adj}
:: political
politique {f} [uncountable]
:: politics
politique {f}
:: policy
politique de l'autruche {f}
:: ostrich politics , ostrich policy
politique du saucissonnage {f}
:: salami technique (reach a goal using small steps)
politiquement {adv}
:: politically
politiquement correct {adj}
:: politically correct ((of language) not objectionable)
politiquement correct {m} [France]
:: political correctness
politisation {f}
:: politicization
politisé {adj}
:: politicised
politiser {vt}
:: to politicize
politiste {mf}
:: synonym of politologue
politologue {mf}
:: political scientist
polka {f}
:: polka (dance and music)
pollakiurie {f} [pathology]
:: pollakiuria
pollen {m}
:: pollen
pollénine {f}
:: pollenin
Pollestres {prop} {mf}
:: Pollestres (town)
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 noun of pollueur
pollupostage {m} [Internet]
:: spam
pollutaxe {f}
:: pollution tax
pollution {f}
:: pollution
pollution lumineuse {f}
:: light pollution
Pollux {prop} [Greek god]
:: Pollux
Pollux {prop} [star]
:: Pollux
polo {m}
:: polo (ball game played on horseback)
polo {m}
:: polo shirt
Pologne {prop} {f}
:: Pologne (country)
poloïdal {adj} [physics]
:: poloidal
polonais {m}
:: Polish , the Polish language
polonais {adj}
:: Polish
Polonais {m}
:: Pole , someone from Poland
polonaise {f}
:: polonaise
Polonaise {f}
:: feminine noun of Polonais
poloniser {v}
:: To Polonize
polonium {m}
:: polonium
poloniure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: polonide
polovtsien {adj}
:: Polovtsian
Polovtsien {m}
:: Polovtsian (male)
Polovtsienne {f}
:: female equivalent of Polovtsien
poltron {mf} [pejorative]
:: coward
poltron {adj} [pejorative]
:: cowardly
poltronnement {adv}
:: cowardly
poltronnerie {f}
:: cowardice
poly- {prefix}
:: poly- (many)
poly. {adj}
:: alternative form of poly
poly. {n}
:: alternative form of poly
poly {adj} [slang]
:: clipping of polytechnique
poly {adj} [slang]
:: clipping of polyvalent
poly {mf} [slang]
:: clipping of polytechnique (this is itself a clipping of institut polytechnique or école polytechnique)
poly {mf} [slang]
:: clipping of polyvalente (this is itself a clipping of institut polyvalent or école polyvalente)
polyacide {m} [chemistry]
:: polyacid
polyacrylique {adj}
:: polyacrylic
polyacrylique {m}
:: polyacrylic
polyade {m} [maths]
:: polyad
polyadelphe {adj} [botany]
:: polyadelphous
polyadelphie {f} [botany]
:: polyadelphy
polyadelphine {f} [mineral]
:: polyadelphite
polyadène {adj} [botany]
:: polyadenous (having many glands or nodules )
polyadique {adj} [maths]
:: polyadic
polyakène {m} [botany]
:: polyachene
polyalcool {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polyalcohol
polyallélisme {m} [genetics]
:: polyallelism
polyamour {m}
:: polyamory (practices involving relationships with multiple partners)
polyamoureux {adj}
:: polyamorous
polyandre {adj}
:: polyandrous
polyandrie {f}
:: polyandry
polyandrique {adj}
:: polyandrous
polyandrisme {m}
:: polyandrism
polyanthe {adj}
:: polyanthous
polyanthropie {f}
:: polyanthropy
polyarchie {f}
:: polyarchy
polyarène {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polyarene
polyarthrite {f}
:: polyarthritis
polyarthrite rhumatoïde {f}
:: rhumatoid polyarthritis
polyarticulaire {adj}
:: polyarticular
polyatomique {adj} [chemistry]
:: polyatomic
polyazole {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polyazole
polybasique {adj} [chemistry]
:: polybasic
Polybe {prop} {m}
:: Polybius
polybutadiène {m}
:: polybutadiene
polycalique {adj}
:: polycalic
polycamératique {adj}
:: polycameratic
polycarboxylate {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polycarboxylate
polycarburant {adj}
:: multifuel
polycarpellé {adj} [botany]
:: polycarpic (having multiple carpels in a fruit)
polycarpien {adj} [botany]
:: polycarpic (bearing fruit repeatedly)
polycarpien {adj}
:: Of or from Saint-Polycarpe (in Quebec)
polycarpique {adj} [botany]
:: polycarpic (all senses)
polycentrique {adj}
:: polycentric
polycentrisme {m}
:: polycentrism
polycéphale {adj}
:: polycephalic
polycétide {m} [biochemistry]
:: polyketide
polycétone {f} [organic chemistry]
:: polyketone
polychète {f} [zoology]
:: polychete
polychimiothérapie {f} [medicine]
:: polychemotherapy
polychlorure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: polychloride
polycholie {f} [pathology]
:: polycholia
polychore {m} [geometry]
:: polychoron
polychorique {adj} [statistics]
:: polychoric
polychreste {m}
:: polychrest
polychroïsme {m} [physics]
:: polychroism
polychroïte {f}
:: polychroite
polychromatique {adj}
:: polychromatic (all senses)
polychrome {adj}
:: polychrome
polychrome {adj}
:: multicoloured
polychromer {v} [art]
:: To paint (especially a statue) in many colours
polychromie {f}
:: polychromy
polychromiser {v}
:: To paint (typically a statue) using polychrome
polychrone {adj}
:: polychrone (attributive)
polychrone {adj} [physics]
:: polychronous
polycistronique {adj} [genetics]
:: polycistronic
polyclade {adj} [zoology, botany]
:: polycladose , polycladous
polycladie {f} [botany]
:: polyclady
polyclinique {f}
:: private hospital
polycombustible {adj}
:: synonym of multicombustible
polycondensat {m} [chemistry]
:: polycondensate
polycondensé {adj}
:: polycondensed
polyconique {adj}
:: polyconic
polycopiage {m}
:: duplication (of documents)
polycopie {f}
:: duplicating (of documents)
polycopie {f}
:: duplicate (document)
polycopié {adj}
:: duplicated
polycopier {vt}
:: to duplicate [documents]
polycopieuse {f}
:: duplicator (duplicating machine)
polycorde {m} [music]
:: polychord
polycorde {adj} [music]
:: polychordal
polycotylaire {adj} [botany]
:: polycotyledonous
polycratie {f}
:: polycracy
polycristallin {adj}
:: polycrystalline
polyculturalisme {m}
:: synonym of multiculturalisme
polycyclique {adj}
:: polycyclic
polycylindrique {adj}
:: multi -cylinder (of an engine)
polycylindrique {adj}
:: polycylindrical
polydactyle {adj}
:: polydactylous
polydactylie {f}
:: polydactyly
polydactylisme {m}
:: polydactylism
polydenté {adj}
:: polydentate
polydiméthylsiloxane {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polydimethylsiloxane
polydipsie {f}
:: polydipsia
polydispersé {adj}
:: polydisperse
polydispersité {f}
:: polydispersity
polyèdre {m}
:: polyhedron (geometry: solid figure)
polyedrique {adj}
:: alternative form of polyédrique
polyédrique {adj}
:: polyhedral
polyembryonie {f} [botany]
:: polyembryony
polyène {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polyene
polyépoxyde {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polyepoxide , epoxy (resin)
polyergue {f}
:: Amazon ant (of the genus Polyergus
polyestérifier {v}
:: To polyesterify
polyéthylène {m}
:: polyethylene
polyéthylène téréphtalate {m}
:: polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
polyextrêmophile {mf} [biology]
:: polyextremophile
polyfonctionnel {adj}
:: Polyfunctional
polygalactie {f}
:: polygalactia
polygale {m}
:: milkwort
polygaline {f} [obsolete, chemistry]
:: polygalin
polygalique {adj}
:: polygalic
polygame {adj}
:: polygamous
polygame {mf}
:: polygamist
polygamie {f}
:: polygamy
polygamique {adj}
:: polygamic
polygamite {m}
:: polygamist
polygastrique {adj}
:: polygastric
polygenèse {adj}
:: polygenetic
polygenèse {f}
:: polygenesis
polygénèse {adj}
:: alternative form of polygenèse
polygénèse {mf}
:: alternative form of polygenèse
polygénétique {adj}
:: polygenetic
polygénique {adj}
:: polygenic
polygénisme {m}
:: polygenism
polygéniste {adj}
:: polygenist
polygéniste {mf}
:: polygenist
polyglotte {adj}
:: polyglot
polyglotte {mf}
:: a polyglot
polyglottement {adv}
:: polyglottically
polyglottement {adv}
:: multilingually
polyglotter {v}
:: To speak several languages
polyglottisme {m}
:: polyglotism
polygonacée {f}
:: knotweed (of family Polygonaceae )
polygonal {adj}
:: polygonal
polygonation {f}
:: polygonation
polygone {m}
:: polygon
polygoniser {v}
:: To polygonize
polygonométrie {f} [maths]
:: polygonometry
polygramme {m} [linguistics]
:: polygraph
polygraphe {m}
:: polygraph (device to discern if a subject is lying)
polygraphe {m}
:: polygraph (all other senses)
polygraphie {f}
:: polygraphy
polygraphique {adj}
:: polygraphic
polygraphiste {mf}
:: polygraphist
polygynandrie {f} [biology]
:: polygynandry
polygyne {adj}
:: polygynous
polygynie {f}
:: polygyny
polygynique {adj}
:: polygynous
polyhandicap {m}
:: polyhandicap
polyhandicapé {adj}
:: Having a polyhandicap
polyholoside {m} [carbohydrate]
:: polysaccharide
polyhydrite {f} [mineral]
:: polyhydrite
polyhydroxyalcanoate {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polyhydroxyalkanoate
polyinsaturé {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: polyunsaturated
polyiodure {m} [chemistry]
:: polyiodide
polyisoprène {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polyisoprene
polykétide {m}
:: alternative form of polycétide
polykystique {adj} [medicine]
:: polycystic
polylactique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: polylactic
polylobé {adj}
:: polylobate
polymaste {adj}
:: polymastic
polymastie {f}
:: polymastia
polymathe {mf}
:: polymath
polymathie {f}
:: polymathy
polymathique {adj}
:: polymathic
polymathisme {m}
:: polymathy
polymédicamenté {adj}
:: Requiring several different medications
polymélie {m} [pathology]
:: polymelia
polyménorrhée {f}
:: polymenorrhea
polymérase {f}
:: polymerase
polymère {m}
:: polymer
polymérique {adj} [chemistry]
:: polymeric
polymèrique {adj} [chemistry]
:: polymeric
polymérisable {adj}
:: polymerizable
polymérisation {f}
:: polymerization
polymérisé {adj}
:: polymerized
polymériser {vt} [chemistry]
:: to polymerize
polymérisme {m} [chemistry]
:: polymerism
polymétallique {adj}
:: polymetallic
polymicrogyrie {f} [pathology]
:: polymicrogyria
polymorphe {adj}
:: polymorphic
polymorphe {adj}
:: polymorphous
polymorphie {m}
:: polymorphia , polymorphism
polymorphique {adj}
:: polymorphic
polymorphisme {m}
:: polymorphism
polymorphisme {m} [object-oriented programming]
:: polymorphism
polymyosite {f} [pathology]
:: polymyositis , dermatomyositis
polymythie {f}
:: polymythy
polynational {adj}
:: multinational
Polynésie {prop} {f}
:: Polynesia
Polynésie française {prop} {f}
:: French Polynesia
polynésien {adj}
:: Polynesian (of or pertaining to Polynesia or its people or culture)
Polynésien {m}
:: Polynesian person
Polynésienne {f}
:: feminine noun of Polynésien
polynévrite {f} [pathology]
:: polyneuritis
polynia {m}
:: polynya
polynôme {m} [maths]
:: polynomial
polynomial {adj}
:: polynomial
polynômial {adj}
:: alternative form of polynomial
polynucléaire {adj}
:: polynuclear
polynucléotide {m}
:: polynucleotide
polyodonte {adj}
:: polyodont
polyoléfine {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polyolefin
polyonychie {f}
:: polyonychia
polyonyme {adj}
:: polynymous
polyopie {f}
:: polyopia
polyoside {m} [carbohydrate]
:: polysaccharide
polyosidique {adj}
:: polysaccharidal
polyoxygéné {adj} [chemistry]
:: polyoxygenated
polyoxyméthylène {m} [organic compound]
:: polyoxymethylene
polyparasitisme {m} [biology]
:: polyparasitism
polype {m}
:: polyp
polypeptidique {adj}
:: polypeptidic
polypétale {adj}
:: polypetalous
polypeux {adj}
:: polypous
polyphagie {f}
:: polyphagia
polyphasé {adj}
:: polyphase (electrical)
polyphasique {adj}
:: polyphasic
polyphénol {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polyphenol
polyphénolique {adj}
:: polyphenolic
polyphobie {f}
:: polyphobia
polyphonie {f}
:: polyphony
polyphonique {adj}
:: polyphonic
polyphoniquement {adv}
:: polyphonically
polyphylétique {adj} [systematics]
:: polyphyletic
polyphylie {f} [systematics]
:: polyphyly
polyphylle {adj} [botany]
:: polyphyllous
polypiforme {adj}
:: polypiform
polyploïde {adj} [genetics]
:: polyploid
polyploïdie {f} [genetics]
:: polyploidy
polyploïdiser {v} [genetics]
:: To polyploidize
polypnée {f}
:: polypnea
polypoïde {adj}
:: polypoid
polypose {f}
:: polyposis
polyprénol {m} [organic compound]
:: polyprenol
polypropylène {m}
:: polypropylene
polyptote {m}
:: polyptoton (stylistic scheme)
polyptyque {m} [art]
:: polyptych
polyrrhize {adj}
:: polyrhizal
polysaccaride {m}
:: alternative form of polysaccharide
polysaccharide {m}
:: synonym of polyoside
polysarcie {f}
:: polysarcia
polysémantique {adj}
:: polysemantic
polysème {m} [linguistics]
:: polyseme
polysème {adj} [linguistics]
:: polyseme
polysémie {f}
:: polysemy (ability to have multiple meanings)
polysémique {adj}
:: polysemic (having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings)
polysémiquement {adv}
:: polysemically
polysépale {adj} [botany]
:: polysepalous
polysialie {f}
:: polysialia
polysomie {f} [genetics]
:: polysomy
polysomique {adj} [genetics]
:: polysomic
polyspaste {m}
:: polyspast (machine consisting of many pulleys)
polysperme {adj}
:: polyspermous
polyspermie {f}
:: polyspermy
polystyrène {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polystyrene
polystyrène {m}
:: styrofoam
polysulfure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: polysulfide / polysulphide
polysyllabe {adj}
:: polysyllabic
polysyllabe {m}
:: polysyllable
polysyllabique {adj}
:: polysyllabic
polysyndète {f} [rhetoric]
:: polysyndeton
polysynodie {f}
:: polysynody
polysynodique {adj}
:: polysynodic
polysynthétique {adj}
:: polysynthetic
polysynthétisme {m}
:: polysynthesis
polytechnicien {adj}
:: related to École polytechnique
polytechnicien {m}
:: graduate of an École polytechnique
polytechnicienne {f}
:: female equivalent of polytechnicien
polytechnique {adj}
:: polytechnic
Polytechnique {prop} {f} [France, familiar]
:: the École Polytechnique, a major institute of higher learning outside of Paris
polytélite {f} [mineral]
:: polytelite
polyterpène {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polyterpene
polytétrafluoroéthylène {m} [organic chemistry]
:: polytetrafluoroethylene
polythéiser {v}
:: To polytheize
polythéisme {m} [religion]
:: polytheism
polythéiste {mf}
:: polytheist
polythétique {adj}
:: polythetic
polythiazyle {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: polythiazyl
polytomie {f}
:: polytomy
polytonal {adj} [music]
:: polytonal
polytonalité {f} [music]
:: polytonality
polytonique {adj}
:: polytonic (of music, multi-toned)
polytonique {adj} [phonology]
:: polytonic
polytope {m}
:: polytope
polytopisme {m}
:: polytopism
polytoxicomane {mf}
:: polytoxicomaniac (person addicted to multiple drugs)
polytraumatique {adj}
:: polytraumatic
polytraumatisme {m}
:: polytrauma
polytric {m}
:: polytrichum
polytropie {f}
:: polytropism
polytropique {adj}
:: polytropic
polytyper {v}
:: To polytype
polyuréthane {m}
:: polyurethane (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
polyurie {f} [pathology]
:: polyuria
polyurique {adj}
:: polyuric
polyvalence {m}
:: versatility
polyvalent {adj}
:: versatile , multipurpose ; that has various uses, functions, or capacities
polyvalent {m}
:: an employee who carries out various different functions
polyvinyle {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: polyvinyl
polyvinylique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: polyvinylic
polyzoaire {m}
:: polyzoon , bryozoon
polyzoïque {adj}
:: polyzoic
pomelo {m}
:: alternative spelling of pomélo
pomélo {m}
:: grapefruit
pomélo {m}
:: pomelo
Poméranie {prop}
:: Pomerania
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)
pommadé {adj}
:: pomaded
pomme {f}
:: apple (fruit)
pomme {f}
:: Any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size
pomme {f}
:: The fruit part of several vegetables
pomme {f} [colloquial]
:: The head
pommeau {m}
:: shower head
pommeau {m}
:: pommel
pomme d'Adam {f}
:: Adam's apple
pomme d'amour {f}
:: toffee apple , candy apple
pomme d'amour {f} [obsolete]
:: tomato
pomme de discorde {f}
:: apple of discord , bone of contention
pomme de pin {f}
:: pinecone
pomme de pré {f} [Acadia, dialectal, rare]
:: cranberry
pomme de terre {f}
:: potato (Solanum tuberosum
pomme frite {f}
:: [usually plural] frite ; singular of pommes frites (french fries )
pommelé {adj}
:: dappled
pomme paille {f}
:: skinny fry ; skinny chip
pomme purée {f}
:: mashed potatoes ; alternative form of purée de pommes de terre
pomme purée {f}
:: pomme puree ; (mashed potatoes made from the traditional high cuisine method)
pommer {v} [of vegetables, especially cabbage and lettuce]
:: To develop a fruit
pommeraie {f}
:: apple orchard
pommes frites {fp}
:: french fries ; chips
pommes soufflées {fp}
:: slices of potato that have been fried twice so that they puff up into little balloons and turn golden -brown
pommette {f}
:: cheekbone
pommier {m}
:: apple tree
pomœrium {m}
:: pomerium
pomologie {f}
:: pomology
pompage {m}
:: pumping
pompe {f}
:: pump
pompe {f} [gymnastics]
:: push-up
pompe {f} [music]
:: Style of strumming , used especially in gypsy jazz
pompe {f}
:: a solemn procession
pompe {f}
:: pomp , vainglory
pompe {f}
:: style , class
pompe {f} [France, slang]
:: shoe
pompé {adj}
:: pumped
pompe à essence {f}
:: gas pump
pompe à essence {f}
:: gas station , filling station
Pompéi {prop}
:: Pompeii
pompéien {adj}
:: Pompeiian
pomper {v}
:: to pump
pomper {v} [Europe, slang]
:: To copy
pomper {vr} [Quebec, slang]
:: To grow angrier as time goes on, especially if there are no further reasons to do so
pomper {v} [slang]
:: To fellate (1)
pomper {v} [rare]
:: To make pumped up
pomper l'air {v} [à]
:: [colloquial] to annoy (someone)
pompeusement {adv}
:: pompously
pompeux {adj}
:: pompous , bombastic (affectedly grand)
pompidolien {adj}
:: Of or from Le Pompidou
pompidolien {adj}
:: Relating to, or characteristic of Georges Pompidou
Pompidou {prop}
:: surname
Pompidou {prop}
:: Georges Pompidou (1911-1974), a French politician and former president of France
pompier {m}
:: fireman , firefighter
pompier {m} [slang]
:: blowjob
pompière {f}
:: feminine singular of pompier
pom-pom girl {f}
:: a female cheerleader
pompon {m}
:: pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.)
pomponnable {adj}
:: primpable
pomponner {vt}
:: to primp , titivate , prettify
ponant {m}
:: The west
ponant {m}
:: The western ocean (rather than the Mediterranean)
ponantais {adj} [nautical]
:: western
ponçage {m}
:: sanding
ponce {f}
:: pumice
ponce {f} [Quebec]
:: hot alcoholic beverage made with gin or rum
Ponce {prop} {m}
:: Pontius
ponceau {m}
:: corn poppy
ponceau {m}
:: poppy colour
ponceau {m}
:: a small bridge
poncer {v}
:: to rub down with an abrasive , sandpaper
ponceuse {f}
:: sander (machine used for sanding)
ponch {m}
:: alternative spelling of punch
poncho {m}
:: poncho
poncif {m} [literary]
:: banality , derivative , stereotype
ponction {f}
:: puncture (especially a surgical one)
ponction {f}
:: deduction , that which is taken away (such as a tax)
ponctionner {vt}
:: to puncture
ponctionner {vt}
:: to deduct [tax, etc.]
ponctualité {f}
:: punctuality
ponctuation {f}
:: punctuation
ponctué {adj}
:: punctuated
ponctuel {adj}
:: punctual , on time
ponctuel {adj} [physics]
:: pointlike
ponctuel {adj}
:: infrequent , occasional
ponctuellement {adv}
:: punctually
ponctuellement {adv}
:: occasionally , less frequently, only at certain times
ponctuer {v}
:: to punctuate
pondaison {f} [rare]
:: egglaying season
pondérable {adj}
:: ponderable
pondéral {adj}
:: weight (attributive); ponderal
pondération {f}
:: weighting
pondération {f}
:: balance
pondérer {v}
:: to weight (applying a weighting to)
pondéreux {adj}
:: weighty , ponderous
pondeuse {f}
:: an egg layer
pondeuse {f} [slang, by extension, pejorative]
:: a woman who gives birth to many children; a breeder
Pondichéry {prop}
:: Puducherry (Puducherry, India)
pondoir {m}
:: nest box
pondre {v}
:: to lay (eggs)
pondre {v} [slang, France]
:: to give birth
poney {m}
:: pony
pongiste {mf}
:: table tennis player
Poniatowski {prop}
:: surname
pont {m}
:: bridge
pont {m}
:: deck
pont {m} [dentistry, Canada]
:: bridge
pont aérien {m}
:: airlift
pontage {m} [medicine]
:: bypass (an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ)
pontage {m}
:: bridge -building
pont disulfure {m} [chemistry]
:: disulfide bond
pont d'or {m}
:: golden hello
ponte {f}
:: laying of eggs
ponte {f}
:: laying season
ponte {m}
:: "punter (cards )"
ponté {adj}
:: bridged
Ponte Euxine {prop} {m} [obsolete]
:: Euxine Sea
ponter {v}
:: to build a bridge
pontet {m}
:: small bridge
pontet {m}
:: trigger guard
ponteuse {f}
:: wire bonder
Pont-Euxin {prop} {m}
:: the Black Sea
pontier {m}
:: bridgetender
pontière {f}
:: feminine noun of pontier
pontife {m}
:: pontiff [all senses]
pontifical {adj}
:: pontifical
pontificalement {adv}
:: pontifically
pontificat {m}
:: pontificate (state of a pontifex)
pontifier {v}
:: to pontificate
pont-levis {m}
:: drawbridge
ponton {m} [military]
:: pontoon
ponton {m} [nautical]
:: pontoon (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock)
ponton {m} [nautical]
:: pontoon (the boat)
pont suspendu {m}
:: suspension bridge
POO {f}
:: initialism of programmation orientée objet (OOP )
pooler {v}
:: To pool (combine resources)
poolish {m}
:: poolish
pop {adj}
:: pop (popular)
pop {m}
:: pop , pop music
pop-corn {m}
:: popcorn
popcorn {m}
:: alternative spelling of pop-corn
poper {v} [Internet]
:: To access email via a POP server
Popesco {prop}
:: surname
Popescu {prop}
:: surname
poplité {adj} [anatomy]
:: Related to the calf
popo {m}
:: potty
popo {m}
:: poop (excrement)
popotin {m} [colloquial]
:: bum (UK ), butt (US )
Poppée {prop}
:: Poppaea
poppérien {adj}
:: Popperian
populace {f}
:: populace , common people
populacier {adj} [pejorative]
:: vulgar , common
populacièrement {adv}
:: vulgarly , commonly
populage {m}
:: kingcup (Caltha palustris
populage des marais {m}
:: kingcup , buttercup , marsh marigold
populaire {adj}
:: popular (relating to the people), working-class
populaire {adj}
:: popular (liked by many people)
populaire {adj}
:: People's , as in People's Republic of China (in French : République Populaire de Chine )
populaire {adj} [linguistics]
:: colloquial
populaire {m}
:: populace , the people
populairement {adv}
:: popularly
popularisé {adj}
:: popularized
populariser {v}
:: to popularize
popularité {f}
:: popularity
population {f}
:: A population
populationnel {adj}
:: populational
populeux {adj}
:: populous (densely populated)
populicole {adj}
:: poplar (attributive)
populine {f} [organic compound]
:: populin
populisme {m}
:: populism
populiste {adj}
:: populist
populo {m} [slang, pejorative]
:: hoi polloi , commoners , plebs
poquer {v} [obsolete]
:: in pétanque , to throw the boule up high so that it stops dead when it hits the ground
porc {m}
:: pork
porc {m}
:: pig
porcelaine {f}
:: cowrie , a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae , or its translucent shell
porcelaine {f}
:: porcelain , the translucent ceramic of fine china, or vessels made of this material
porcelainier {m}
:: A person who makes or sells porcelain
porcelainière {f}
:: feminine singular of porcelainier
porcelet {m}
:: diminutive of porc : piglet
porc-épic {m}
:: porcupine
porche {m}
:: porch , portico (decorated or ornate entrance to a building)
porcher {m}
:: swineherd (pig keeper)
porchère {f}
:: feminine noun of porcher
porcherie {f} [literally or figuratively]
:: pigsty
porcin {adj}
:: porcine ; pig (of or relating to pigs)
Pordenone {prop}
:: Pordenone (province)
Pordenone {prop}
:: Pordenone (capital city)
pore {m}
:: pore (small opening in skin)
pore {m}
:: by extension, small openings
poreux {adj}
:: porous
Pori {prop}
:: Pori (city)
porisme {m} [maths]
:: porism
poristique {adj} [geometry]
:: poristic
porn {f}
:: porn
porno {m} [uncountable, colloquial]
:: porno ; porn
porno {m} [countable, colloquial]
:: a porn movie, a skin flick , a blue movie
pornographe {mf}
:: pornographer
pornographie {f}
:: pornography
pornographique {adj}
:: pornographic
pornographiquement {adv}
:: pornographically
porosité {f}
:: porosity , porousness
porosité {f}
:: permeability
porphyre {m}
:: porphyry
porphyrine {f} [organic compound]
:: porphyrin
port {m}
:: port, harbour
port {m}
:: port, harbour city
port {m}
:: refuge
port {m}
:: transport
port {m}
:: postage
port {m}
:: stature , way of carrying oneself
port {m}
:: wearing (act of wearing something)
portabilité {f}
:: portability
portabilité {f}
:: wearability
portable {adj}
:: portable
portable {m}
:: a cell phone ; ellipsis of téléphone portable
portable {m}
:: a laptop ; ellipsis of ordinateur portable
portail {m}
:: portal (imposing entrance)
portail {m} [Internet]
:: portal
portail {m}
:: gate
portail {m} [figuratively]
:: portal (entry point)
portance {f}
:: lift (upward force, such as that which keeps an aircraft aloft)
portance {f}
:: bearing pressure
portant {adj}
:: carrying
portatif {adj}
:: portable
Port-au-Prince {prop}
:: Port-au-Prince (capital city)
port d'attache {m}
:: port of registry
port d'attache {m} [figuratively]
:: home base
port de plaisance {m}
:: marina
porte {f}
:: door
porte {f}
:: gate (to a city, at airport)
porte {f} [figuratively]
:: gateway , means , door
porté {adj} [followed by the preposition sur ]
:: fond of, fixated on something
porte à deux battants {f}
:: a set of double doors
porte-aéronefs {m}
:: aircraft carrier
porte-à-faux {m}
:: unstable position
porte-à-faux {m} [figuratively]
:: awkward situation , awkward position
porte-à-faux {m} [architecture]
:: cantilever
porte-à-porte {adj}
:: door-to-door (going from house to house)
porte-avions {m}
:: aircraft carrier , a type of warship
porte-bonheur {m}
:: lucky charm
porte-cigares {m}
:: cigarette case
porte-clé {m}
:: alternative spelling of porte-clef
porte-clef {m} [archaic]
:: turnkey
porte-clef {m}
:: keychain , keyring
porte cochère {f}
:: porte cochère
porte-coton {m}
:: Groom of the Stool
porte-croix {m}
:: cross bearer
porte d'embarquement {f}
:: departure gate , boarding gate
porte d'entrée {f}
:: front door
porte de sortie {f}
:: exit door
porte de sortie {f} [figuratively]
:: way out , escape route , get out of jail free card ; get-out , loophole
porté disparu {adj} [of a victim]
:: reported missing , listed missing , missing in action
porte-documents {m}
:: briefcase
porte-drapeau {m}
:: flagbearer
portée {f}
:: reach
portée {f}
:: litter (animals born in one birth)
portée {f}
:: range (of a weapon)
portée {f} [music]
:: stave
portefaix {m} [archaic]
:: porter
porte-fenêtre {f}
:: French window , French door
portefeuille {m}
:: wallet
portefeuille {m}
:: folder
portefeuille {m}
:: portfolio (investments)
portefeuille {m} [politics]
:: portfolio
porte-jaja {m} [slang]
:: suspender belt (UK ), garter belt (US )
porte-jarretelles {m}
:: suspender belt (UK ), garter belt (US )
porte-malheur {m}
:: jinx , bad-luck charm
portemanteau {m}
:: coat stand , coat rack
porte-mine {m}
:: mechanical pencil
portemine {m}
:: alternative spelling of porte-mine
porte-monnaie {m}
:: purse
portemonnaie {m}
:: alternative form of porte-monnaie
porte moustiquaire {f}
:: A screen door (a door designed to let air flow but keep out insects, using an insect screen)
porte papillon {f}
:: butterfly door (a door mounted on a central pivot point which opens both inwards and outwards at the same time from the two halves)
porte papillon {f}
:: a door which opens upwards, such as gullwing doors and scissor doors
porte-parole {mf}
:: A spokesperson , a spokesman , a spokeswoman
porter {v}
:: to carry
porter {v}
:: to support , to bear
porter {v}
:: to wear
porter {v} [of a subject, followed by the preposition sur ]
:: (porter sur concern
porter {vr} [se porter]
:: to feel , to carry one's self
porter {m}
:: porter (beer)
porter à ébullition {v} [cooking]
:: to bring to the boil
porter à faux {v}
:: to jut out , to be out of the perpendicular ; to overhang
porter assistance {v} [à]
:: to give assistance to someone
porter atteinte {v} [à]
:: to harm , to detract from
porter aux nues {vt}
:: to praise to the skies , to sing the praises of , to extol
porter bonheur {v}
:: to bring luck
porter de l'eau à la rivière {v} [figuratively]
:: to carry coals to Newcastle
porter la culotte {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to wear the pants , to wear the trousers
porter la poisse {v} [colloquial]
:: to jinx , to bring bad luck , to bring misfortune , to be unlucky
porter le chapeau {v} [figuratively]
:: to shoulder the blame , to take the blame , to take the fall , to take the rap , to carry the can
porter malheur {v}
:: to bring bad luck , to bring misfortune , to be unlucky
porter ombrage {v} [à]
:: to overshadow , to outshine , to put in the shade , to eclipse
porter plainte {v}
:: to complain , to lodge a (formal) complaint
porter plainte {v} [legal]
:: to bring a criminal action (contre (against))
porter sa croix {v} [figuratively]
:: to bear one's cross , to carry one's cross
porter secours {v} [à]
:: to bring help to someone, to come to someone's aid , to come to someone's rescue , to help someone
porter ses fruits {v} [figuratively]
:: to bear fruit , to pay off
porteur {m}
:: carrier (one who carries)
porteur {m}
:: porter
porteur {m}
:: bringer ; bearer
porteur {m}
:: wearer (one who wears)
porteur {adj}
:: carrying (in the process or carrying)
porteuse {f}
:: feminine noun of porteur
portfolio {m}
:: portfolio
Porthos {prop}
:: [very rare] given name
Porthos {prop}
:: One of the Three Musketeers
portier {m}
:: gatekeeper , doorkeeper , doorman
portier {m} [soccer]
:: goalkeeper
portière {f}
:: feminine noun of portier
portière {f}
:: car door
portillon {m}
:: gate
portion {f}
:: portion
portique {m} [architecture]
:: portico
portique {m}
:: gantry
portique {m}
:: A type of crane
portique {m}
:: frame (of a swing, jungle gym etc.)
portique {m}
:: metal detector (at airport etc.)
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
Portoricaine {f}
:: feminine noun of Portoricain
Porto-Ricaine {f}
:: feminine noun of Porto-Ricain
Porto Rico {prop} {m}
:: Puerto Rico
portos {mf} [pejorative, ethnic slur]
:: Portuguese
portrait {m}
:: portrait
portrait {m} [printing]
:: portrait (format)
portrait {m}
:: description (of a person or things)
portrait craché {m}
:: spitting image , dead ringer
portraitiste {mf}
:: portraitist (portrait painter or photographer)
portraiture {f} [obsolete]
:: portrait
portraiturer {vt}
:: to paint a portrait
portraiturer {vt}
:: to portray
Port Royal {prop} {m}
:: Port Royal ; alternative form of Port-Royal
Port-Royal {prop} {m}
:: Port-Royal (former capital city)
Port-Royal {prop} {m}
:: A location in Canada
Port-Royal {prop} {m} [historical]
:: Port-Royal (former capital city)
Port-Royal {prop} {m} [historical]
:: former name of Annapolis Port-Royal (town)
Port-Royal {prop} {m}
:: Port-Royal (village)
Port-Royal {prop} {m}
:: Port-Royal (village)
Port-Royal {prop} {m}
:: Port-Royal (neighbourhood)
Port-Royal {prop} {m}
:: A location in the United States of America
Port-Royal {prop} {m}
:: Port-Royal (inlet)
Port-Royal {prop} {m}
:: Port-Royal (island)
Port-Royal {prop} {m}
:: Port-Royal (city)
portuaire {adj} [attributive]
:: port ; relating to ports
portugais {m}
:: Portuguese , the Portuguese language
portugais {adj}
:: Portuguese
Portugais {m}
:: a native of Portugal ; a Portuguese
portugais brésilien {m}
:: Brazilian Portuguese
portugais du Brésil {m}
:: Brazilian Portuguese
portugais du Portugal {m}
:: European Portuguese
Portugaise {f}
:: feminine noun of Portugais ; Portuguese (someone from Portugal)
Portugal {prop} {m}
:: Portugal (country)
posadisme {m}
:: Posadism
posadiste {adj}
:: Posadist
posadiste {mf}
:: Posadist
pose {f}
:: installation
pose {m}
:: extension (in telecommunications)
Poséidon {prop} {m} [Greek god]
:: Poseidon
posément {adv}
:: calmly
posemètre {m} [photography]
:: exposure meter
poser {vt}
:: to stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody)
poser {vt}
:: to ask (a question)
poser {vt}
:: to land (a plane)
poser {vt}
:: to lay , place
poser {vt}
:: to install , fit
poser culotte {v} [dated, literary]
:: to defecate
poser la chique et faire le mort {phrase} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Martin Parish]
:: to stay silent
poser la première pierre {v} [figuratively]
:: to lay the first stone , to lay the foundation stone
poser problème {v} [colloquial]
:: [à] to pose a problem to someone, to bother someone
poser ses valises {v} [figuratively]
:: to settle down
poser une colle {v}
:: See: fr poser une colle
poser une colle {v} [colloquial]
:: [à] to bowl a googly , to set a poser , to stump , to ask a toughie (to ask someone a question they are unable to answer )
poser une pêche {v}
:: See: fr poser une pêche
poser une pêche {v} [very, colloquial]
:: to take a dump , to drop a deuce
poser un lapin {v}
:: See: fr poser un lapin
poser un lapin {v} [à]
:: [colloquial] To stand someone up
poseur {adj}
:: pompous , affected
poseur {m}
:: poseur
posidonie {f}
:: seagrass (of genus Posidonia
positif {adj}
:: positive (characteristic)
positif {adj}
:: (number) positive or zero . nonnegative
positif {adj}
:: positive (for e.g. a drug test)
positif {m}
:: positive , something positive
positif {m} [physics]
:: positive (electrical polarity)
positif {m} [linguistics]
:: positive form
position {f}
:: position
position de tête {f} [motorsports]
:: pole position
position intéressante {f} [euphemistic, singulare tantum]
:: interesting condition
position latérale de sécurité {f}
:: recovery position
positionnel {adj}
:: positional
positionnement {m}
:: positioning
positionner {vt}
:: to position
positionner {v}
:: to position oneself, to prepare oneself
position sexuelle {f}
:: sexual position
positivement {adv}
:: positively , absolutely
positiver {v}
:: to think positively ; to be optimistic
positivisme {m} [philosophy]
:: positivism
positiviste {adj}
:: positivist
positivité {f} [countable or uncountable]
:: positivity
positon {m} [physics]
:: positon
positonique {adj}
:: alternative form of positronique
positron {m} [particle]
:: positron
positronique {adj}
:: positronic
posologie {f}
:: posology
possédant {adj}
:: propertied , property -owning
posséder {v}
:: to own ; to possess
posséder sexuellement {v} [literary or dated, euphemistic]
:: to have sex (with)
possesseur {m}
:: possessor
possesseuse {f}
:: feminine noun of possesseur
possessif {adj}
:: possessive
possessif {m} [grammar]
:: possessive pronoun (broad sense); possessive pronoun (strict sense) or possessive adjective )
possessif {m} [grammar]
:: possessive , possessive case
possession {f}
:: possession
possessivité {f}
:: possessiveness
possessoire {adj} [legal]
:: possessory
possessoirement {adv} [legal]
:: possessorily
possessrice {f}
:: feminine noun of possesseur
possibilisme {m}
:: possibilism
possibiliste {adj}
:: possibilist
possibiliste {mf}
:: possibilist
possibilité {f}
:: possibility
possible {adj}
:: possible
possible {m}
:: The possible, feasible , what can be done, achieved etc
possiblement {adv}
:: possibly
post- {prefix}
:: post-
post {m} [Internet]
:: post (message on a blog, etc.)
postaccélérer {v}
:: To post-accelerate
postage {m}
:: postage
postage {m} [Internet]
:: post , posting
postal {adj}
:: postal
postalement {adv}
:: postally
postalvéolaire {adj}
:: postalveolar
postalvéolovélaire {adj}
:: postalveovelar
postclassique {adj}
:: postclassical (after the classical era)
postcombustion {f}
:: reheat , afterburning (in an aero engine)
postcrânien {adj}
:: postcranial
postdater {vt}
:: to postdate
postdoctorant {m}
:: postdoctoral student
postdoctorante {f}
:: feminine noun of postdoctorant
poste {f}
:: post office
poste {f} [uncountable]
:: mail , postal service /system
poste {m}
:: job , post
poste {m}
:: position (in sport , or observation post )
poste {m} [slang]
:: police station (ellipsis of poste de police ), nick
poste {m}
:: a receiver , an electronic device
poste {m} [colloquial]
:: radio (ellipsis of poste de radio )
poste {m} [colloquial]
:: TV , TV set (ellipsis of poste de télévision )
poste {m}
:: (telephone) extension
poste {m}
:: stretch , stint (at work)
poste de commandement {m} [military]
:: command post
poste de contrôle {m}
:: checkpoint
poste de contrôle {m}
:: control room
poste d'écoute {m} [military]
:: listening post
poste de quartier {m}
:: neighbourhood station / district station / community station
poste d'essence {f}
:: petrol station , gas station
poste de travail {m}
:: workstation (area for a single worker)
poster {vt}
:: To post , (put in the) mail
poster {vt} [military]
:: To post
poster {m}
:: poster (A billboard to be posted on a public or private place)
postérieur {adj}
:: posterior
postérieurement {adv}
:: later , subsequently
postériorité {f}
:: posteriority
postérité {f}
:: posterity
postérité {f}
:: history
postfacé {adj}
:: Having an epilogue or afterword
postfixé {adj}
:: postfix , reverse Polish
posthomérique {adj}
:: post-Homeric
posthume {adj}
:: posthumous (taking place after someone's death)
posthumement {adv}
:: alternative form of posthumément
posthumément {adv}
:: posthumously
postiche {f}
:: toupee , hairpiece , wig
postiche {f}
:: false moustache, false beard
postiche {adj}
:: artificial ; false
postier {m}
:: postman , postal worker
postière {f}
:: feminine noun of postier
postillon {m} [historical]
:: postman (courier who rides post)
postillon {m}
:: postilion
postillon {m} [historical]
:: a French-style hat worn by the postal workers
postillon {m} [colloquial]
:: spittle (drop of saliva)
postillonner {v}
:: to splutter (speak while spitting)
postillonneux {adj}
:: spluttery ; spitty (of a voice, characterised by lots of spluttering or spitting)
postimplantatoire {adj}
:: post- implant
post-it {m}
:: post-it note , post-it
postmoderne {adj}
:: postmodern (of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism)
postmoderne {adj}
:: postmodernist
postmodernisme {m} [art]
:: postmodernism
postmodernité {f}
:: postmodernity
postnucléaire {adj}
:: postnuclear
postopératoire {adj}
:: postoperative
postposer {v} [grammar]
:: to postpose
postposer {v} [Belgium]
:: to postpone
postposition {f} [grammar]
:: postposition
postscolaire {adj}
:: after -school
post scriptum {phrase}
:: post scriptum
postscriptum {m}
:: alternative form of post-scriptum
postsecondaire {adj}
:: postsecondary
postsynaptique {adj}
:: postsynaptic
postsynchronisation {f}
:: dubbing (adding sound to a film)
postsynchroniser {vt}
:: to dub (add sound to a film)
post-traumatique {adj}
:: post-traumatic
postulat {m} [mathematics, logic]
:: postulate
postulé {adj}
:: postulated
postuler {vt} [obsolete]
:: to claim , to request , to ask for
postuler {v} [à, pour]
:: to apply (for a job, a position, a title)
postuler {v}
:: to postulate (assume as true)
postuler {v}
:: to posit
posture {f}
:: posture , attitude
posture {f}
:: conduct , comportment
pot {m}
:: pot , jar , vase , tin , can , carton (container of any of various materials)
pot {m}
:: cooking pot (any vessel used to cook food)
pot {m} [culinary]
:: dish
pot {m} [childish]
:: potty (the pot used when toilet-training children)
pot {m} [colloquial]
:: drink , jar , bevvy (alcoholic beverage)
pot {m} [colloquial]
:: do [UK], bash , drinks party (small, informal party or celebration)
pot {m} [card games]
:: pot , kitty , pool (money staked at cards, etc.)
pot {m} [colloquial]
:: luck (success; chance occurrence, especially when favourable)
pot {m} [oenology]
:: half-litre bottle or measure of wine
pot {m}
:: pre-metric unit of measure , equivalent to 1.5 litres
pot {m}
:: paper size , about 40 by 31 cm
pot {m} [slang, vulgar]
:: arse , ass (buttocks)
pot {m} [Canada]
:: pot , weed (cannabis, marijuana)
potabilisation {f}
:: potabilization
potabilité {f}
:: potability
potable {adj}
:: potable
potable {adj} [colloquial]
:: OK , passable
potache {adj}
:: schoolboy
potache {m} [colloquial]
:: student , school kid
potage {m}
:: soup (dish)
potage Crécy {m}
:: A kind of creamy carrot soup
potage Esaü {m}
:: A kind of lentil soup
potager {adj}
:: potager
potager {m}
:: vegetable garden
potager {m}
:: warming oven (a type of obsolete stone oven )
potage Saint-Germain {m}
:: A kind of pea soup
potamochère {m}
:: any species of the Potamochoerus
potamoplancton {m} [biology]
:: potamoplankton
potard {m} [electronics]
:: potentiometer
potard {m} [slang]
:: pharmacy student or assistant
potasse {f}
:: potash
potasser {v}
:: to revise , cram (academic material, etc.)
potassique {adj} [chemistry]
:: potassium (attributive)
potassium {m}
:: potassium
pot-au-feu {m}
:: Meat and vegetables cooked together in a large pot
pot-au-feu {m}
:: A cooking pot
Pot-au-Noir {prop} {m} [geography]
:: doldrums
pot aux roses {m}
:: the underlying facts , the hidden truth , the secret , the mystery
pot catalytique {m}
:: catalytic converter
pot commun {m} [figuratively]
:: common purse , kitty (communal fund )
pot de chambre {m}
:: chamber pot
pot d'échappement {m}
:: an exhaust pipe
pot de colle {m}
:: gluepot
pot de colle {m} [figuratively, colloquial]
:: a clinging vine , a clingy person, a tagger-along , a cling-on , a leech
pot de fleur {m}
:: A flowerpot
pot de fleur {m} [figurative]
:: An inactive , improductive person, especially as a member of a committee or a group
pot-de-vin {m}
:: a bribe , payoff , sop
pote {mf} [colloquial]
:: mate (UK ), buddy (US )
poteau {m}
:: post , pole , stake , stanchion , strut , standard , prop
poteau {m} [sports]
:: goalpost
poteau {m} [France, slang]
:: friend , buddy
potée {f}
:: potful
potée {f}
:: hotpot [of various sorts]
potelé {adj} [obsolete]
:: swollen , awkward
potelé {adj}
:: plump , chubby
potence {f} [construction]
:: post and braces
potence {f}
:: gallows , gibbet (for hanging)
potence {f}
:: stem (component on a bicycle)
potentat {m}
:: potentate (a powerful leader)
potentialisation {f}
:: potentiation , potentialization
potentialiser {vt}
:: to potentiate
potentialiser {vt}
:: to potentialize
potentialité {f}
:: potentiality
potentiel {adj}
:: potential
potentiel {m}
:: potential
potentiellement {adv}
:: potentially
potentille {f}
:: cinquefoil , potentilla
potentiomètre {m}
:: potentiometer
Potenza {prop}
:: Potenza (city/and/province)
poterie {f}
:: pottery
poterne {f}
:: postern
potiche {f}
:: porcelain vase
potiche {f}
:: figurehead (person); window dressing
potiche {f} [chiefly Europe]
:: trophy wife
potier {m}
:: potter
potier {adj}
:: potter , pottery
potier {adj}
:: of or from Villers-les-Pots
potière {f}
:: feminine noun of potier ; potter
potimarron {m}
:: red kuri squash (cultivar of species Cucurbita maxima
potin {m}
:: pewter
potin {m} [colloquial]
:: gossip , tittle-tattle
potion {m}
:: potion
potiron {m}
:: pumpkin
potiron {m}
:: winter squash
potlatch {m}
:: potlatch
pot-pourri {m}
:: potpourri (collection of various things)
pou {m}
:: louse ; head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis
pouah {interj}
:: ugh !, yuck !
poubelle {f}
:: rubbish
poubelle {f}
:: rubbish bin , garbage can
poucave {f} [slang]
:: snitch , informer
poucave {v} [slang]
:: to betray , to snitch on
pouce {m}
:: thumb
pouce {m}
:: inch
poucet {m}
:: A very small person
poucette {f}
:: feminine singular of poucet
pouchkinien {adj}
:: Pushkinian
pouding {m}
:: alternative spelling of pudding
pouding chômeur {m}
:: pouding chômeur
Poudlard {prop} {m}
:: Hogwarts , the fictional school of magic in the Harry Potter
poudre {f}
:: powder
poudre {f} [obsolete]
:: dust
poudre à canon {f}
:: gunpowder
poudre à laver {f}
:: washing powder
poudre à lessiver {f} [Belgium]
:: washing powder
poudre aux yeux {f} [figuratively]
:: smoke and mirrors , smokescreen
poudre de perlimpinpin {f}
:: A powder, purported to have magic powers, formerly sold by charlatans
poudre de perlimpinpin {f} [by extension, idiomatic]
:: snake oil (a fraudulent cure-all or remedy)
poudrer {v}
:: to powder (cover in powder)
poudrerie {f} [Canada]
:: blowing snow
poudre Shimosa {f}
:: Shimose powder ; a picric acid based explosive
poudreuse {f}
:: powder , powder snow
poudreux {adj}
:: powdery (covered in powder)
poudrier {m}
:: powder compact
poudrière {f}
:: powder keg or magazine
poudrière {f} [figuratively]
:: tinderbox
poudroyer {vi}
:: to rise in clouds
pouët {interj}
:: toot ; parp
pouf {m}
:: pouffe (thick cushion)
pouf {m}
:: a girl of bad conduct
pouf {interj}
:: poof (onomatopoeia)
pouffer {vi}
:: To burst out (with laughter); to crack up
pouffiasse {f} [slang, pejorative]
:: slag , floozy , whore
pougnasson {m}
:: (possibly local, from Lorraine) incompetent worker
pougne {f} [Swiss]
:: cheating; cheating strategy
pougner {v} [Swiss, familiar]
:: to cheat
pouillerie {f}
:: squalor
Pouilles {prop}
:: Pouilles (region)
pouilleux {adj}
:: louse -infested
pouilleux {adj} [figuratively, pejorative]
:: lousy , miserable
pouilleux {m}
:: person who has lice
pouilleux {m}
:: lousy , miserable person; a bum
pouillot {m}
:: warbler
Pouilly-Fumé {m}
:: Pouilly-Fumé
poujadisme {m}
:: Poujadism
poujadisme {m} [pejorative]
:: reactionary petit-bourgeois attitude
poujadiste {mf}
:: Poujadist
poujadiste {mf} [pejorative]
:: person with a reactionary petit-bourgeois attitude
poulaga {m} [slang]
:: policeman
poulaille {f} [dialectal]
:: poultry
poulaille {f} [slang]
:: cop , rozzer (police)
poulailler {m}
:: henhouse , coop , chicken coop
poulailler {m} [colloquial]
:: gods , gallery (of a theatre)
poulain {m}
:: foal (young horse)
Poulain {m} [historical]
:: The issue of marriages between Franks and Syrian natives at the time of the Crusades
Poulain {prop}
:: Poulain ; surname
poulaine {f}
:: poulaine
poulamon {m}
:: tomcod (fish of species Microgadus tomcod
poularde {f}
:: Young, fattened chicken
poule {f}
:: hen (female chicken)
poule {f} [slang]
:: chick , bird (woman)
poule {f} [cards]
:: pool
poule {f}
:: pool , group (stage of a competition before the knockout stages)
poule au pot {f}
:: A kind of chicken and vegetable stew from Gers , France
poule aux œufs d'or {f} [figuratively]
:: golden goose
poule d'eau {f}
:: moorhen
poule d'eau {f}
:: batfish
poule d'eau {f} [Louisiana French]
:: duck , the American coot (Fulica americana
poule mouillée {f} [colloquial]
:: milksop , chickenshit , chicken-heart (coward )
poulet {m} [culinary]
:: chicken
poulet {m} [slang, pejorative]
:: policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective)
poulet {m} [obsolete]
:: love letter
poulet basquaise {m}
:: A kind of stew containing braised chicken and piperade
poulet du Général Tao {m}
:: General Tao chicken
pouliche {f}
:: filly
poulie {f}
:: pulley
poulie {f} [nautical]
:: block
pouliner {v}
:: to foal (give birth)
pouliot {m}
:: pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium
pouliot {m} [rare]
:: a certain kind of thread or pulley on a chariot and also a ship
Pouliot {prop}
:: surname
poulpe {m}
:: an octopus
pouls {m}
:: pulse (regular beat caused by the heart)
poulsard {m}
:: A black grape variety form Jura
poumon {m}
:: lung
poupard {m} [dated]
:: chubby baby
poupard {adj} [dated]
:: chubby , plump
poupe {f} [nautical]
:: poop , stern
poupée {f}
:: doll (object)
poupée de chiffon {f}
:: rag doll
poupée russe {f}
:: Russian doll
poupin {adj}
:: chubby
poupon {m}
:: little baby
poupon {m}
:: baby doll
pouponner {v}
:: to dote
pouponner {v}
:: to look after a baby
pouponnière {f}
:: nursery , creche
poupoule {f}
:: baby , friendly term of address for a child or woman
pour {prep}
:: for (when followed by a noun or pronoun)
pour {prep}
:: to (when followed by a verb in the infinitive)
pour ainsi dire {adv}
:: so to speak , as it were
pour autant {adv}
:: even so
pour autant que {conj}
:: provided that; on the condition that
pour autant que je sache {adv}
:: to the best of my knowledge , as far as I know
pourboire {m}
:: tip [extra money given to e.g. a waiter in appreciation of service]
pourcailhade {f}
:: An annual pig festival in Trie-sur-Baïse, southwestern France , involving pig races , eating contests , etc
pour cause de {prep}
:: on account of , due to , because of
pource {conj} [Early Modern French]
:: because, therefore, for that cause
pourceau {m} [literary or pejorative]
:: swine , pig
pour ce faire {adv}
:: with this aim in mind , to do this, in order to achieve this, to this end , to that end
pourcent {m}
:: percent
pourcentage {m} [mathematics]
:: percentage
pourcentage {m}
:: commission , fee
pour ce qui est de {prep} [colloquial]
:: concerning , regarding , as to , as far as ... is concerned
pourchas {m} [literary]
:: chase , pursuit
pourchasser {v}
:: to chase without relent; pursue
pour commencer {adv}
:: for starters , first of all , firstly , first
pour de bon {adv} [colloquial]
:: for good
pour des prunes {adv} [colloquial]
:: for very little money , in exchange for very little money; for nothing
pour des prunes {adv} [colloquial]
:: for no reason; for nothing
pour de vrai {adv} [colloquial]
:: for realsies , for real , truly , really
pour faire court {adv} [colloquial]
:: long story short
pourfendeur {m}
:: attacker , opponent
pourfendre {vt} [literary]
:: to slice through, slay (with a sword)
pourfendre {vt} [figuratively]
:: to lay into , shoot down , attack , slate (criticize strongly)
Pourim {prop} {m} [Judaism]
:: Purim
pour info {adv} [colloquial]
:: for the record , FYI
pour la forme {adv}
:: out of principle , on principle , as a matter of principle, pro forma ; perfunctorily
pour l'amour de {prep}
:: for the sake of
pour l'amour de Dieu {interj}
:: for God's sake !
pour l'amour du ciel {interj}
:: for heaven's sake !
pour la petite histoire {adv} [colloquial]
:: incidentally , by the way , as an aside ; for the record
pourlécher {vt}
:: To lick all around
pourlécher {vr}
:: To lick one's lips (in satisfaction)
pour le coup {adv}
:: this time , this time round, in this case
pour le coup {adv}
:: [as intensifier] truly , actually , really ; in fact
pour le moins {adv}
:: to say the least
pour le moment {adv}
:: for the time being , for now
pour le reste {adv} [colloquial]
:: for the rest , otherwise
pour les intimes {prep}
:: Used by one to say that their friends generally call them by a nickname , and that their interlocutor should feel free to call them that too
pour l'heure {adv} [literary]
:: at the moment , for the time being
pour l'instant {adv}
:: at the moment , for the time being , for now
pour ma part {adv}
:: as for me
pour mémoire {adv}
:: for the record
pour ne pas dire {conj}
:: not to say
pourparler {m} [almost always in plural]
:: parley
pourparlers {mp}
:: parley (conference)
pour peu que {conj}
:: if , in the event that , in case , where , should (introducing a phrase), provided that
pourpier {m}
:: common purslane
pourpoint {m} [historical]
:: doublet
pourpre {m}
:: burgundy (purple color)
pourpre {m}
:: rich, purple fabric
pourpre {m} [tincture]
:: purpure ; purple color as used in heraldry
pourpre {m} [by extension, obsolete]
:: power , authority
pourpre {adj}
:: burgundy in color
pour que {conj}
:: [+ subjunctive] so that , in order that
pourquoi {adv}
:: why
pourquoi du comment {m} [colloquial]
:: [with the definite article le ] the whys and wherefores
pour quoi faire {phrase} [colloquial]
:: why ? what for ? to what end ?
pourquoi non {phrase}
:: why not ? (negative question)
pourquoi non {phrase}
:: why not ? (lacking objection)
pourquoi pas {phrase}
:: why not ? (negative question)
pourquoi pas {phrase}
:: why not ? (lacking objection)
pourquoi que {conj} [colloquial, nonstandard]
:: why
pourri {adj}
:: rotten ; decayed
pourri {adj}
:: (of food etc.) bad , rotten ; off
pourri {adj}
:: decomposed , putrefied (body)
pourri {adj}
:: spoilt (child)
pourri {adj}
:: bad ; lame
pourri {m} [colloquial]
:: swine , bastard
pourri {m} [slang]
:: bent copper, dirty cop
pourriciel {m} [computing, rare]
:: malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
pourriel {m}
:: spam , junk mail
pour rien {adv}
:: for nothing , pointlessly
pourrir {vi} [chiefly _]
:: to rot , decompose , putrefy , crumble
pourrir {vi}
:: to waste away from a disease such as gangrene
pourrissant {adj}
:: rotting , decaying
pourrissement {m}
:: deterioration
pourrissement {m}
:: decay
pourriture {f}
:: rot
pourriture {f}
:: (socially etc.) rottenness , something rotten
pourriture {f} [colloquial, pejorative]
:: rotter , swine ; cow , bitch
pourriture noble {f}
:: noble rot
pourroit {v}
:: obsolete form of pourrait
poursuite {f}
:: pursuit ; chase
poursuite {f} [cycling]
:: pursuit
poursuite {f}
:: persecution
poursuite individuelle {f} [cycling]
:: individual pursuit
poursuite par équipes {f} [cycling]
:: team pursuit
poursuivant {m}
:: pursuer
poursuivre {v}
:: to pursue , to chase
poursuivre {v}
:: to pursue , to persecute , to torment
poursuivre {v}
:: to carry on , to continue what has been started
poursuivre {v}
:: to sue
poursuivre {vr}
:: to continue
poursuivre {vr}
:: to chase after each other
poursuivre en justice {v} [legal]
:: to sue
pour sûr {prep}
:: for sure
pour ta gouverne {adv} [formal]
:: for your information , for the record
pourtant {adv}
:: however , yet
pourtour {m}
:: perimeter , circumference
pourtour {m}
:: surrounding area
pourtour {m}
:: ambulatory
pour tout potage {adv} [dated, literary, colloquial]
:: only , altogether , all told (with the implication that it's not much)
pour une fois {adv} [colloquial]
:: for once , for a change
pour un oui ou pour un non {adv}
:: over the slightest thing
pour un rien {adv}
:: over silly things, for a trifle , about nothing , with very little reason
pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés {proverb}
:: great honours are great burdens
pourvoi {m} [legal]
:: appeal
pourvoir {vt}
:: to equip , provide , endow (someone de with)
pourvoir {vt}
:: to fill (a seat, job vacancy)
pourvoir {vi}
:: to provide (à for)
pourvoir {vp}
:: to provide oneself (de with)
pourvoir {vp} [legal]
:: to appeal (en to)
pourvoirie {f} [Canada]
:: outfitter
pour votre gouverne {adv} [formal]
:: for your information , for the record
pour vous servir {prep} [formal]
:: At your service . (literally "to serve you ")
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
Poussard {prop}
:: surname
pousse {f}
:: growth (act of growing [of plants etc.])
pousse {f}
:: sprout , shoot
poussé {m} [music]
:: up bow
pousse-café {m} [familiar]
:: chasse-café , pousse-café (small glass of alcohol after coffee)
poussée {f}
:: push , thrust
poussée {f}
:: surge
poussée d'Archimède {f} [physics]
:: buoyancy
poussée de croissance {f}
:: growth spurt
pousse-mine {f} [Québec]
:: mechanical pencil
pousse-pousse {m}
:: rickshaw
pousser {vt}
:: to push
pousser {vt} [followed by the preposition à ]
:: to urge on, encourage
pousser {vi} [of a living thing]
:: to grow
pousser {vi} [figuratively]
:: to spring up , to sprout
pousser {v}
:: to utter (a cry )
pousser {vr}
:: to move aside
pousser à bout {vt} [colloquial]
:: to push someone to the limit , to push someone to breaking point , to push someone over the edge , to drive someone crazy , to drive someone mad
pousser comme des champignons {v} [simile]
:: to crop up all over the place , to sprout up everywhere , to spring up like mushrooms
pousser dans ses derniers retranchements {vt}
:: to drive someone into a corner , to corner someone
pousser le bouchon {v} [colloquial]
:: to go too far , to cross the line
pousser mémé dans les orties {v} [colloquial]
:: to push things too far, to overdo it, to exaggerate
poussette {f}
:: pushchair (UK ), stroller (US )
poussette {f}
:: pushpin
pousseur {m}
:: pusher , someone who pushes
pousseur {m} [nautical]
:: push tug
pousseur {m} [aeronautics]
:: booster
pousseur {m} [horse racing]
:: stall handler
pousseur de bois {m}
:: woodpusher (a poor chess player)
poussier {m}
:: coal dust
poussière {f}
:: dust
poussière {f}
:: speck of dust
poussiéreux {adj}
:: dusty
poussif {adj}
:: wheezy
poussin {m}
:: chick (a young chicken)
poussinet {m} [colloquial]
:: A young child ; a kid
poussinet {m} [chiefly in the plural]
:: A child in the youngest age group for a sport
poussinette {f}
:: feminine singular of poussinet
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} [Quebec]
:: poutine
poutine {f} [Acadia]
:: any of several potato -based dishes
poutine {f} [Louisiana French]
:: dumpling
poutine {f} [Louisiana French]
:: bread pudding , pudding
poutine {f} [Quebec, obsolete]
:: any of several pudding -like desserts
poutine {f} [Quebec, obsolete]
:: a messy situation or complicated thing; a quagmire
poutine {f} [Quebec, obsolete]
:: a fat woman
Poutine {prop}
:: Putin . A transliteration of the Russian surname Путин
poutine italienne {f}
:: Italian poutine
poutine pizza {f}
:: pizza poutine (a poutine with added mushrooms, bell peppers, pepperoni, and occasionally oninons)
poutinerie {f} [Canada, food]
:: a poutinerie
poutou {m}
:: kiss
Poutou {prop}
:: 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 {v}
:: can , to be able to
pouvoir {v}
:: may
pouvoir {vr} [impersonal]
:: to be possible; may , could be
pouvoir {m} [countable or uncountable]
:: power , a power
pouvoir {m}
:: authority
pouvoir {m} [legal]
:: power of attorney
pouvoir d'achat {m} [economics]
:: purchasing power
pouvoir de marché {m} [economics]
:: market power
pouvoir toujours courir {v} [colloquial]
:: can whistle for it
pouzzolane {f} [geology]
:: pozzolana
pov' {adj}
:: informal spelling of pauvre
powoir {v} [Louisiana French]
:: alternative spelling of pouvoir , to be able
powoir {m} [Louisiana French]
:: alternative spelling of pouvoir , power
PPA {f}
:: initialism of parité de pouvoir d'achat = PPP (purchasing power parity )
PPC {phrase}
:: abbreviation of pour prendre congé ; "to take leave" sometimes written on address cards by persons making farewell visits
PPCM {m} [mathematics]
:: initialism of plus petit commun multiple : lcm
P. Q. {prop}
:: alternative form of PQ
P.Q. {prop}
:: alternative form of PQ
PQ {m} [slang]
:: initialism of papier cul loo roll [UK], TP (toilet paper ) [US]
PQ {prop} {m} [Canadian politics]
:: initialism of Parti Québécois
PQ {prop} {m} [dated, Canada]
:: initialism of province de Québec
PQN {f}
:: daily national press (of France)
præbende {f}
:: obsolete form of prébende
præcedent {adj}
:: obsolete form of précédent
præcedent {m}
:: obsolete form of précédent
præcedente {f}
:: obsolete form of précédente
præcepte {m}
:: obsolete form of précepte
præcepteur {m}
:: obsolete form of précepteur
præceptrice {f}
:: feminine singular of præcepteur
præcipice {m}
:: obsolete form of precipice
præcipitation {f}
:: obsolete form of précipitation
prædecesseur {m}
:: obsolete form of prédécesseur
prædestination {f}
:: obsolete form of prédestination
prædicateur {m}
:: obsolete form of prédicateur
prædire {v}
:: obsolete form of prédire
præeminence {f}
:: obsolete form of prééminence
præface {f}
:: obsolete form of préface
præfect {m}
:: obsolete form of préfet
præjudice {m}
:: obsolete form of préjudice
præmunir {v}
:: obsolete form of prémunir
præsence {f}
:: obsolete form of présence
præsent {adj}
:: obsolete form of présent
præsentement {adv}
:: obsolete form of présentement
præsenter {v}
:: obsolete form of présenter
præsident {m}
:: obsolete form of président
præsidente {f}
:: feminine noun of præsident
præsider {v}
:: obsolete form of présider
praesidium {m}
:: alternative spelling of présidium
præsomption {f}
:: obsolete form of présomption
præsomptueux {adj}
:: obsolete form of présomptueux
præstation {f}
:: obsolete form of prestation
præstige {f}
:: obsolete form of prestige
præsumer {v}
:: obsolete form of présumer
prætendre {v}
:: obsolete form of prétendre
præteur {m}
:: obsolete form of préteur
prætexte {m}
:: obsolete form of prétexte
prætoire {m}
:: obsolete form of prétoire
pragmatique {adj}
:: pragmatic
pragmatique {f} [linguistics]
:: pragmatics
pragmatiquement {adv}
:: pragmatically
pragmatisme {m}
:: pragmatism
pragois {adj}
:: Of or from Prague
Prague {prop} {f}
:: Prague (capital city)
praguois {adj}
:: alternative form of pragois
praire {m}
:: venus clam
prairial {adj}
:: Relating to pastures , grasslands
prairial {m} [historical]
:: Prairial (the ninth month of French Republican Calendar)
prairie {f}
:: meadow , grassland , pasture , prairie
pralin {m}
:: pastry preparation using crushed pralines
pralin {m}
:: preparation using mud and fertilizer used to coat young roots prior to plantation
pralin {adj}
:: related to the village of Praz-sur-Arly, in Savoy
pralinage {m}
:: (gardening) coating of young roots in mud
praline {f}
:: praline
praline {f}
:: (Belgium) filled chocolate
praliné {adj}
:: prepared using a preparation of crushed pralines (called pralin )
praliné {m}
:: sweet containing crushed praline
praliner {v}
:: to coat with caramelized sugar
praliner {v}
:: to coat young roots with a fertilized mud (called pralin ) prior to plantation
prame {f}
:: pram , flatbottom boat
prao {m}
:: proa
Prascovie {prop}
:: given name, Praskovya
praséodymate {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: praseodymate
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 noun of praticien
praticité {f}
:: convenience
praticité {f}
:: practicality
pratiquant {adj}
:: churchgoing
pratiquant {m}
:: churchgoer
pratiquant {m}
:: a regular practiser of any religion
pratique {adj}
:: applied ; concerning action or intervention of human will on the real to change it (as opposed to spéculatif théorique
pratique {adj}
:: concrete , practical
pratique {adj}
:: belonging to the everyday or mundane
pratique {adj}
:: experienced
pratique {adj}
:: convenient ; handy
pratique {f}
:: practice
pratique {f}
:: execution or implementation (of something)
pratique {f}
:: methods , process , way (of doing or achieving something)
pratique {f}
:: set of customs in a country or group of people
pratique {f}
:: experience
pratique {f}
:: act of frequenting
pratique {f}
:: clientele , regular clients
pratique {f} [nautical]
:: freedom to board or disembark (as opposed to quarantine )
pratique {f}
:: a steel or tin instrument placed in one's mouth to change one's voice during puppet ventriloquism
pratiquement {adv}
:: practically (almost)
pratiquement {adv} [rare]
:: in practice , for all practical purposes
pratiquer {vt}
:: to do ; to practise
Prato {prop}
:: Prato (province)
Prato {prop}
:: Prato (capital city)
praxie {f}
:: praxis
Praxitèle {prop} {m}
:: Praxiteles
pré- {prefix}
:: pre-
pré {m}
:: meadow
préaccord {m}
:: preliminary agreement
préadamisme {m}
:: belief that mankind existed before Adam
préadamite {m}
:: pre-Adamite
préadamite {m}
:: Christian sectarian who believes that mankind existed before Adam
préado {mf}
:: preadolescent , preteen
préadolescence {f}
:: preadolescence
préadolescent {adj}
:: preadolescent , preteen
préadolescent {m}
:: preadolescent , preteen
préalable {adj}
:: previous , prior ; preliminary
préalable {m}
:: preliminary condition, prerequisite
préalablement {adv}
:: beforehand , first
Préalpes {prop} {fp}
:: 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
préanthropique {adj}
:: pre-anthropic
préau {m}
:: yard
préavis {m}
:: notice , advance warning
prébase {f} [topology]
:: subbase
prébende {f}
:: prebend
prébiotique {adj}
:: prebiotic
prébuccal {adj} [anatomy, zoology]
:: prebuccal
précaire {adj}
:: precarious
précairement {adv}
:: precariously
précambrien {adj}
:: Precambrian (before Cambrian)
précancéreux {adj} [medicine]
:: precancerous
précarisation {f}
:: casualization (the increase of precarious work in the labour market )
précarisation {f}
:: precarization
précarisé {adj}
:: casualized (deprived of job security)
précariser {vt}
:: to make precarious
précariser {vt}
:: to casualize
précarité {f}
:: precarity , existence without financial or social security
pré carré {m} [figuratively]
:: territory , turf , domain , province
précaudal {adj} [zoology]
:: precaudal
précaution {f}
:: precaution
précaution {f}
:: prudence , wariness
précautionner {n}
:: to forewarn
précautionneusement {adv}
:: precautionarily
précautionneux {adj}
:: cautious , careful
précédemment {adv}
:: before , before now
précédent {adj}
:: previous ; preceding ; earlier
précédent {m}
:: precedent
précéder {v}
:: to precede
précepte {m}
:: precept
précepteur {m}
:: private tutor
préceptrice {f}
:: feminine singular of précepteur
précession {f} [physics, astronomy]
:: precession
préchauffage {m}
:: preheating
préchauffage {m}
:: warming up (of an engine)
préchauffer {v}
:: to preheat
prêche {m}
:: sermon
prêcher {vt}
:: to preach
prêcher {vt}
:: to advocate moral values, political ideas
prêcher {vt}
:: to lecture someone about what is good or bad
prêcher dans le désert {v} [figuratively]
:: to preach in the wilderness , to speak in the wilderness, to be a voice crying in the wilderness
prêcher un convaincu {v} [figuratively]
:: to preach to the choir
prêcher un converti {v} [figuratively]
:: to preach to the choir
prêcheur {m}
:: preacher , advocate of high values, moralist
prêcheur {adj}
:: preaching , moralizing
prêcheuse {f}
:: feminine noun of prêcheur
préchrétien {adj}
:: pre-Christian
précieusement {adv}
:: preciously
précieux {adj}
:: precious
préciosité {f}
:: preciousness
précipice {m}
:: precipice , deep and steep escarpment
précipitamment {adv}
:: hurriedly , hastily , abruptly
précipitation {f}
:: precipitation , unwise or rash rapidity ; sudden haste
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} [meteorology]
:: 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 ))
précipité {adj} [chemistry]
:: precipitated
précipiter {vt}
:: to throw out , push out, chuck out, throw off, push off, chuck off
précipiter {vr}
:: to throw oneself out, to jump out
précipiter {vt}
:: to take down , to bring down
précipiter {vt}
:: to rush (hasten, do something too fast)
précipiter {vt} [chemistry]
:: to precipitate
précipiter {vr}
:: to precipitate (fall from the sky)
précipiter {vr}
:: to dash , to move quickly
préciput {m}
:: advantage , supplement contractually granted to an heir , a spouse , etc
précis {adj}
:: Which does not leave doubt ; specific , explicit
précis {adj}
:: Done in a precise and reliable fashion
précis {adj}
:: [Sound] Well perceived; sharp
précis {adj}
:: [Of language or writing] Demonstrating precision , concision and accuracy
précis {adj}
:: Said of someone whose language expresses such qualities
précis {adj}
:: [Measure] Calculated or measured with precision
précis {m}
:: précis
précisement {adv}
:: alternative form of précisément
précisément {adv}
:: In a precise manner; without approximation
précisément {adv}
:: Specifically
précisément {adv} [elliptically, in answers]
:: Exactly , precisely
précisément {adv} [rhetoric]
:: Indicates a logical link
préciser {v}
:: to specify
préciser {v}
:: to clarify
préciser {v}
:: to point out
préciser {vr}
:: to take shape , become clear
précision {f}
:: precision
précision {f}
:: detail(s) ; information
précité {adj}
:: above-mentioned
précoce {adj}
:: early (at a time in advance of the usual)
précoce {adj} [figurative]
:: premature , precocious
précocement {adv}
:: precociously
précocité {f}
:: the state of being ahead of time, earliness
précolombien {adj}
:: pre-Columbian
précolonial {adj}
:: precolonial
précompacité {f} [topology]
:: precompactness
précompact {adj} [tolology]
:: precompact
préconcentration {f} [chemistry]
:: preconcentration
préconcentrer {v} [chemistry]
:: To preconcentrate
préconçu {adj}
:: preconceived
précondition {f}
:: precondition
précondition {f} [computing]
:: The initial value of a variable
préconisation {f}
:: preconization
préconisation {f}
:: recommendation
préconiser {v}
:: to recommend , advocate
préconiser {v}
:: to preconise
précontractuel {adj}
:: precontractual
précontraint {adj}
:: prestressed
précordial {adj} [anatomy]
:: precordial
précuit {adj}
:: pre-cooked
précurseur {adj}
:: precursory
précurseur {m}
:: precursor , forerunner
précurseur {m} [chemistry]
:: precursor
prédateur {m}
:: predator
prédation {f}
:: predation
prédatrice {f}
:: feminine noun of prédateur
prédécéder {v}
:: predecease (to die sooner than)
prédécès {m}
:: predecease (anterior death)
prédécesseur {m}
:: predecessor
prédécessrice {f}
:: feminine noun of prédécesseur
prédécouper {v}
:: to precut
prédéfini {adj}
:: predefined
prédéfinir {v}
:: to predefine
prédélinquance {f}
:: predelinquency
prédestination {f}
:: predestination
prédestiné {adj}
:: predestined
prédestiner {vt}
:: to predestine
prédéterminer {v}
:: To predetermine
prédicable {adj}
:: predicable
prédicament {m}
:: predication
prédicant {adj}
:: predicant , preaching
prédicant {m}
:: protestant preacher
prédicat {m}
:: predicate (all meanings)
prédicateur {m}
:: preacher
prédicatif {adj} [grammar, linguistics]
:: predicative
prédication {f}
:: predication
prédication {f}
:: sermon
prédicatrice {f}
:: feminine noun of prédicateur
prédicteur {m}
:: predictor
prédictible {adj}
:: predictable
prédictif {adj}
:: predictive
prédiction {f}
:: prediction (act of predicting)
prédiction {f}
:: prediction (a statement about the future)
prédilection {f}
:: predilection , tendency
prédiquer {v}
:: To predicate
prédire {v}
:: to predict , foretell
prédisposé {adj}
:: predisposed
prédisposer {vt}
:: to predispose
prédisposition {f}
:: predisposition
prédit {adj}
:: predicted , foreseen (announced in advance)
prédominance {f}
:: predominance
prédominant {adj}
:: predominant
prédominer {v}
:: to predominate
prédorsal {adj} [anatomy]
:: predorsal
préembryon {m} [biology]
:: pre-embryo
prééminence {f}
:: preeminence
prééminent {adj}
:: preeminent
préempter {vt}
:: to preempt
préemption {f}
:: preemption
préencollé {adj}
:: prepasted
préétabli {adj}
:: preestablished
préexistant {adj}
:: preexisting
préexister {v}
:: To preexist
préfabrication {f}
:: prefabrication
préfabriqué {adj}
:: prefabricated
préface {f}
:: preface
préfacer {v}
:: to write a preface
préfacier {m}
:: author of a preface
préfectoral {adj}
:: prefectural
préfecture {f}
:: prefecture
préférable {adj}
:: preferable
préférablement {adv}
:: preferably
préféré {adj}
:: favourite
préférence {f}
:: preference
préférence {f}
:: like (something that a given person likes)
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
préfermentaire {adj}
:: pre- fermentation (attributive)
préfet {m}
:: prefect
préfète {f}
:: Female prefect
préfiguration {f}
:: prefiguration
préfigurer {v}
:: to prefigure
préfinancement {m}
:: prefinancing
préfix {adj}
:: preset , predetermined
préfixal {adj} [linguistic morphology]
:: prefixal
préfixe {mf}
:: prefix (letters at the beginning of a word)
préfixer {vt} [grammar]
:: to prefix
préformationisme {m} [biology]
:: preformationism
préforme {f}
:: blank (piece of metal)
préformer {v}
:: To preform
préfrontal {adj} [anatomy]
:: prefrontal
prégabaline {f} [medicine]
:: pregabalin
prégnance {f}
:: salience
prégnance {f}
:: predominance
prégnant {adj}
:: forceful , especially in its effect on the mind; apposite ; meaningful
prégnant {adj} [archaic]
:: pregnant
prégustation {f}
:: foretaste
préhensile {adj}
:: prehensile
préhensile {adj}
:: having the ability to grip or to be gripped
préhension {f}
:: prehension
préhilbertien {adj} [maths]
:: pre-Hilbert
préhistoire {f}
:: prehistory
préhistorien {m}
:: prehistorian
préhistorienne {f}
:: feminine singular of préhistorien
préhistorique {adj}
:: prehistoric
préhistorique {adj}
:: (antiquated) prehistoric
préimage {f} [maths]
:: preimage
préimplantatoire {adj}
:: pre- implant
preindre {v} [obsolete or regional]
:: alternative spelling of prendre
préindustriel {adj}
:: preindustrial
préinscription {f}
:: preregistration
préislamique {adj}
:: pre-Islamic
préjudice {m}
:: a harm , a damage
préjudiciable {adj}
:: prejudicial (to)
préjudiciable {adj}
:: harmful (to)
préjudiciel {adj}
:: prejudicial
préjudiciellement {adv}
:: prejudicially
préjudicier {v}
:: To prejudice
préjugé {m}
:: a prejudice , a bias
préjuger {vt}
:: to prejudge
préjuger {v}
:: to foresee ; say in advance
prélasser {vr}
:: to sprawl , to lounge , to laze
prélat {m}
:: prelate
prélavage {m}
:: precleaning
prèle {f}
:: alternative spelling of prêle
prêle {f}
:: horsetail (plant)
prêle des bois {f}
:: wood horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)
prêle des champs {f}
:: field horsetail , common horsetail (Equisetum arvense
prélèvement {m}
:: sampling
prélèvement {m}
:: deduction , levying
prélever {vt}
:: to take (sur
prélever {vt} [medicine]
:: to take (blood), remove (an organ), harvest (an organ)
prélever {vt}
:: to take out , withdraw (money)
prélever {vt}
:: to deduct, to subtract (numbers, or percentages)
préleveur {m}
:: withdrawer
préleveur {m}
:: sampler
préleveuse {f}
:: feminine singular of préleveur
préliminaire {adj}
:: preliminary , prelim
préliminaire {m}
:: preliminary (part before the main part)
préliminaire {m} [in the plural]
:: foreplay
préliminairement {adv}
:: preliminarily
prélude {m}
:: prelude
préluder {vi} [music]
:: To introduce or be a prelude (to)
prématuré {adj}
:: premature
prématurément {adv}
:: prematurely
prématurément {adv}
:: untimely
prématurer {v}
:: to do (something) prematurely
prémaxillaire {adj}
:: premaxillary
prémaxillaire {m}
:: premaxilla
préméditation {f}
:: premeditation
prémédité {adj}
:: premeditated
préméditer {v}
:: to premeditate
prémenstruel {adj}
:: premenstrual
prémices {fp} [literary]
:: first fruits , primitiae
prémices {fp} [literary]
:: signs , auguries
prémices {fp} [figuratively]
:: beginning , start
premier {adj}
:: first
premier {adj}
:: prime (number etc)
premier {m}
:: first
premier {m}
:: premier
premier {m}
:: prime minister
premier {adv}
:: first
premier arrivé, premier servi {phrase}
:: first-come, first-served
premier but {m} [baseball]
:: first base
premier but {m}
:: [by ellipsis] first baseman
premier de cordée {m} [mountaineering]
:: lead climber , climber in lead, leader
premier de cordée {m} [figuratively]
:: trailblazer
premier de cordée {m} [figuratively]
:: most wealthy person or country , any entity at the top of the economic ladder
premier degré {m}
:: literal sense , literal meaning , face value
première {f} [of a film]
:: premiere , première
première {f}
:: first (new event, something never done before)
première {f} [France]
:: The penultimate year of lycée
première {f}
:: first , first gear
première {f}
:: first class (public transport)
première base {f} [Europe]
:: alternative form of premier but
première classe {f}
:: first class (the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train , airplane , etc.)
première de couverture {f}
:: front cover , front page , title page
première fois {f}
:: first time (the first instance of sexual intercourse)
Première Guerre mondiale {prop} {f}
:: First World War
premièrement {adv}
:: firstly ; in the first place
première ministre {f}
:: feminine singular of premier ministre
première personne {f} [grammar]
:: first person (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is making the statement)
première pierre {f} [architecture]
:: foundation stone
premier jet {m}
:: first sketch , first draft , first try (first version of a writing)
premier ministre {m}
:: prime minister ; premier
premier plan {m}
:: foreground
premiers entre eux {adj}
:: coprime (having no factors in common)
premiers secours {mp}
:: first aid
premiers soins {mp}
:: first aid
premier venu {m}
:: the first person that comes along ; the man in the street , the average person ; everyone , anyone
premier violon {m} [music]
:: first fiddle , first violin , concertmaster
prémisse {f} [logic, mainly in the plural]
:: premise
premium {m}
:: premium
prémix {m}
:: A premixed alcoholic drink
prémoniteur {m}
:: premonitor
prémonition {f}
:: premonition
prémonitoire {adj}
:: prophetic , premonitory
prem's {interj} [colloquial]
:: alternative form of prems
prems {interj} [colloquial]
:: dibs [used to claim right to something before anyone else]
prémunir {vt} [literary]
:: to warn
prémunir {vt} [literary]
:: to protect (contre
prémunir {vp}
:: to protect oneself (contre guard (contre
prenable {adj} [military, of a building, a position, etc.]
:: takable
prenant {adj}
:: gripping , captivating
prendeur {m}
:: A laborer working as part of an early Middle Age share cropping system known as complant 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}
:: to take
prendre {v}
:: to eat ; to drink
prendre {v}
:: to get ; to buy
prendre {v}
:: to rob ; to deprive
prendre {v} [of fire]
:: to break out
prendre {vr}
:: to get (something) caught (in), to jam
prendre {v} [in various idiomatic expressions, followed by a partitive]
:: to gain
prendre {v}
:: to make
prendre à cœur {vt}
:: to take to heart
prendre acte {v} [de]
:: to take note ; to acknowledge , to recognize
prendre à la légère {vt}
:: to make light of something; to take lightly
prendre à la légère {vt}
:: to treat something lightly, not to considerate it enough
prendre à la rigolade {vt} [colloquial]
:: to make light of , to take lightly ; to make a joke of
prendre à part {v} [idiomatic]
:: to take aside
prendre à partie {vt}
:: to take to task , to set about , to tackle , to challenge , to take on , to mistreat , to rough up
prendre au dépourvu {v}
:: to take by surprise , to catch off guard , to catch napping
prendre au mot {vt}
:: to take someone literally , to take someone at their word
prendre au piège {vt}
:: to trap , to snare , to hook , to entrap , to ensnare
prendre au sérieux {v}
:: to take seriously
prendre aux tripes {vit} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to be gut-wrenching (for someone) (to be very moving , to be poignant )
prendre bien {vt} [colloquial]
:: to take well , to take graciously
prendre congé {v}
:: to take a day off
prendre congé {v} [de]
:: to take leave of (someone), to say goodbye to (someone)
prendre connaissance {v} [de]
:: to peruse , to read carefully , to note , to take note of
prendre conscience {v}
:: to realize (become aware)
prendre corps {v}
:: to take shape
prendre d'assaut {vt}
:: to take by storm
prendre de court {vt}
:: to take somebody unawares , to catch someone napping , to catch somebody off-guard , to bowl a googly to someone
prendre de haut {v}
:: to look down on somebody, look down one's nose on; talk down (patronize)
prendre de la bouteille {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to cut one's eyeteeth , to get older and wiser (to gain experience and become worldly-wise )
prendre de la distance {v} [figuratively]
:: to take some distance , to take a step back and get some perspective
prendre de la hauteur {v}
:: to gain height , to go up
prendre de la hauteur {v} [figuratively]
:: to get an overview , to get some distance , to take a step back , to put things into perspective
prendre de l'ampleur {v}
:: to be on the rise , to gather pace , to increase , to spread , to grow
prendre de l'avance {v}
:: to gain ground , to advance
prendre de l'avance {v}
:: to get a head start , to get ahead of schedule
prendre de la vitesse {v}
:: to gather speed , to pick up speed, to gain speed
prendre des gants {v} [avec]
:: to treat somebody with kid gloves , to go soft on somebody; to walk on eggshells
prendre des libertés {v} [avec]
:: to take liberties with
prendre des mesures {v}
:: to take steps ; to take action
prendre des vessies pour des lanternes {v} [colloquial]
:: to be deluded , to be very naive , credulous and/or gullible , to be sorely mistaken , to have another think coming , to think the Moon is made of green cheese
prendre de vitesse {vt}
:: to get a jump on , to beat to the punch , to outpace , to overtake
prendre du bon temps {v}
:: to relax , to have some fun , to enjoy oneself , to have a good time
prendre du galon {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to get a promotion , to get promoted
prendre du poids {v}
:: to gain weight , to put on weight
prendre du recul {v} [figuratively]
:: to take a step back and get some perspective
prendre du retard {v}
:: to fall behind schedule , to run late , to drop behind, to lag behind ; to be delayed
prendre effet {v} [of a law, etc.]
:: to come into force , to come into effect , to take effect , to inure
prendre en charge {vt}
:: to take charge of; to be in charge of; to take care of
prendre en charge {vt} [of a taxi or an ambulance]
:: to pick up , to take on
prendre en chasse {vt}
:: to give chase to, to chase , to pursue , to hunt
prendre en compte {vt}
:: to take into account , to factor in
prendre en considération {vt}
:: to take into consideration , to take into account
prendre en défaut {vt}
:: to catch off guard , to catch on the hop
prendre en dégoût {vt}
:: to end up disgusted by, to acquire a profound distaste for, to go off completely
prendre en filature {vt}
:: to shadow , to tail (to secretly track or follow another)
prendre en flagrant délit {vt}
:: to bust , to catch red-handed
prendre en grippe {vt} [colloquial]
:: to take a dislike to (someone), to take against (someone)
prendre en main {vt}
:: to take charge of, to take in hand
prendre en main {vr}
:: to get a grip on one's life , to take oneself in hand
prendre en otage {vt}
:: to take hostage
prendre en sandwich {vt} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to sandwich
prendre en sandwich {vt} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to double-team
prendre exemple {v} [sur]
:: to follow someone's example , to do as someones does, to take a leaf out of someone's book , to learn something from someone, to take someone as a model
prendre fait et cause {v} [literary]
:: to take sides
prendre femme {v} [dated, of a man]
:: to get married
prendre feu {v}
:: to catch fire , to burst into flame
prendre fin {v} [legal]
:: to become void
prendre fin {v}
:: to come to an end
prendre forme {v}
:: to take shape
prendre froid {v} [colloquial]
:: to catch a cold
prendre garde {v} [de, à]
:: to look out , to watch out , to mind
prendre goût {v} [à]
:: to develop a taste for, to acquire a taste for, to take a liking to , to take a shine to , to take a fancy to, to grow fond of
prendre la clé des champs {v}
:: alternative spelling of prendre la clef des champs
prendre la clef des champs {v} [figuratively]
:: to take to one's heels , to head for the hills , to run away , to make off
prendre la fuite {v}
:: to escape , to flee , to take flight
prendre la grosse tête {v} [colloquial]
:: to get a big head , to become big-headed
prendre l'air {v}
:: to go outside , to get some air , to get some fresh air, to go for a walk
prendre l'air {v} [of an aircraft]
:: to take to the skies , to take off
prendre la main dans le sac {vt} [colloquial]
:: to bust , to catch red-handed , to catch with one's hand in the cookie jar
prendre la mer {v} [figuratively]
:: to go to sea , to take to sea, to put to sea, to put out to sea, to set sail (to embark on a voyage by boat)
prendre la mouche {v} [colloquial]
:: to get ticked off , to get offended , to get in a huff , to fly off the handle
prendre langue {v} [literary]
:: to make inquiries , to learn about the situation , to become acquainted with the situation
prendre la parole {v}
:: to speak , to give a speech before a group, to take the floor
prendre la peine {v} [de]
:: to go to the trouble of doing something, to take the trouble to do something, to bother to do something, to take the time to do something
prendre la porte {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to leave a room ; to leave
prendre la porte {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to get sacked , to get the sack , to find oneself out on one's ear
prendre la pose {v}
:: to pose , to strike a pose, to strike an attitude
prendre la poudre d'escampette {v} [dated, colloquial]
:: to take a powder , to take flight , to take French leave , to show a clean pair of heels (to escape , to flee )
prendre la poussière {v}
:: to gather dust
prendre la relève {v} [colloquial]
:: to take over , to pick up the slack
prendre la route {v}
:: to hit the road (to begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle)
prendre la tangente {v} [colloquial]
:: to do a bunk , to take French leave , to take off
prendre la température {v}
:: to take someone's temperature , to measure the temperature of someone
prendre la température {v} [figuratively]
:: to test the water ; to sound out , to gauge , to put out feelers
prendre la volée {v}
:: to take flight , to leave suddenly and unexpectedly, to fly the coop
prendre l'eau {v} [of a vessel]
:: to take on water , to take in water
prendre l'eau {v} [figuratively]
:: to be on a sinking ship
prendre le dessus {v} [sur]
:: to get the upper hand on, to gain the upper hand on
prendre le large {v} [figuratively]
:: to slip away , to do a bunk , to take flight
prendre le pas {v} [sur]
:: to move in front of someone, to precede
prendre le pas {v} [sur]
:: [figurative] to take precedence , to trump in significance
prendre le pli {v}
:: to get into the groove ; to get used to , to get into the habit of
prendre le pouvoir {v}
:: to take power , to seize power
prendre le relai {v}
:: alternative form of prendre le relais
prendre le relais {v}
:: to take over , to handle it from here , to take it from here, to pick up the slack
prendre les armes {v}
:: to take up arms
prendre les choses comme elles viennent {v}
:: to take things as they come
prendre les commandes {v} [figuratively]
:: to take the controls , to take the helm , to take the reins
prendre les devants {v} [figuratively]
:: to initiate action , to take the initiative , to make the first move
prendre les paris {v}
:: to make a book , to record bets , to write down bets, to act as a bookmaker
prendre les rênes {v} [figuratively]
:: to take the helm , to take the reins
prendre le taureau par les cornes {v} [figuratively, colloquial]
:: to take the bull by the horns
prendre le train en marche {v} [figuratively]
:: to jump on the bandwagon
prendre le voile {v}
:: to take the veil
prendre le volant {v}
:: to take the wheel (to take control of the steering wheel of a vehicle )
prendre mal {vt} [colloquial]
:: to take badly , to take offence at, to take the wrong way
prendre note {v} [de]
:: to take note of, to take heed of, to make a note of, to jot down , to note down , to write down
prendre part {v} [à]
:: to take part (participate or join in)
prendre parti {v}
:: to take sides , take a side
prendre place {v}
:: to take a seat , to have a seat , to sit down , to sit
prendre position {v}
:: to take a stand , to make a stand
prendre possession {v} [de]
:: to take possession of; to take control of
prendre pour acquis {vt} [sometimes, proscribed]
:: to take for granted
prendre pour argent comptant {vt} [figuratively]
:: to take at face value
prendre racine {v} [of a plant]
:: to take root , to put down roots
prendre racine {v} [figuratively]
:: to take hold , to take root , to put down roots
prendre sa plume {v}
:: To take up one's pen , to write a letter
prendre sa retraite {v} [idiomatic]
:: to retire (stop working)
prendre sa routine à volonté {phrase} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Mary Parish]
:: to be dismissed
prendre ses aises {v} [sometimes, pejorative]
:: to make oneself comfortable , to make oneself at home ; to get a bit too familiar
prendre ses cliques et ses claques {v} [colloquial]
:: to pack one's bags and leave, to pack up and go, to march off bag and baggage
prendre ses couilles en main {v} [vulgar, figuratively]
:: to gather up one's courage , to man up
prendre ses distances {v} [avec]
:: to distance oneself from somebody
prendre ses jambes à son cou {vi} [figuratively]
:: to take to one's heels , to run for one's life
prendre ses marques {v}
:: to find one's feet
prendre ses responsabilités {v}
:: to take responsibility for one's actions
prendre soin {v} [de]
:: to take care of
prendre son courage à deux mains {v} [figuratively]
:: to gather up one's courage , to pluck up one's courage, to man up
prendre son élan {v}
:: to take a run-up
prendre son envol {v}
:: to take off , to take flight
prendre son essor {v}
:: to take flight , to fly off
prendre son essor {v} [figuratively]
:: to take off , to soar up, to flourish , to blossom
prendre son mal en patience {v}
:: to bear with it, to wait patiently for better times, to put up with it, to grin and bear it
prendre son pied {v} [slang, sexuality]
:: to take pleasure from something, usually to cum (have an orgasm)
prendre son temps {v} [colloquial]
:: to take one's time
prendre sous son aile {vt} [figuratively]
:: to take under one's wing
prendre sur le fait {vt}
:: to bust , to catch red-handed
prendre sur soi {v}
:: to take it on the chin , to bite the bullet , to keep one's cool , to take it like a man , to suck it up
prendre une brosse {v}
:: [Quebec, slang] to get wasted , drunk , smashed
prendre une cuite {v} [slang]
:: To get pissed , go out on the piss
prendre un verre {v}
:: to have a drink
preneur {m}
:: taker ; one who takes
preneur {m}
:: a lessee , a renter
preneuse {f}
:: feminine noun of preneur
prénol {m} [organic chemistry]
:: prenol
prénom {m}
:: first name , given name
prénommer {vtr}
:: to call someone by their first name
prénuptial {adj}
:: prenuptial , premarital
préoccupant {adj}
:: worrying , disquieting
préoccupation {f}
:: worry
préoccupation {f}
:: (plural ) cares , concern
préoccupé {adj}
:: concerned
préoccuper {v}
:: to concern , preoccupy
préon {m} [physics]
:: preon
préonique {adj} [physics]
:: preonic
préoral {adj} [anatomy]
:: preoral
prépa {f} [France, education]
:: Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles
prépaiement {m}
:: prepayment
préparateur {m}
:: preparator
préparateur {m}
:: assistant , demonstrator
préparatif {m} [usually plural]
:: preparation
préparatif {adj}
:: preparative
préparation {f}
:: preparation
préparatoire {adj}
:: preparatory ; propaedeutic (providing preparatory or introductory teaching)
préparatrice {f}
:: feminine noun of préparateur
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}
:: preponderance
prépondérance {f}
:: predominance
prépondérant {adj}
:: preponderant , overriding
prépondérant {adj}
:: dominant
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)
prépositionner {v}
:: To preposition / pre-position
prépositivement {adv}
:: prepositively
prépreg {m}
:: pre-preg
préproduction {f}
:: preproduction
prépubère {adj}
:: prepubescent
prépuce {m} [anatomy]
:: prepuce , foreskin
préputial {adj}
:: preputial
préqualification {f}
:: prequalification
préqualifier {v}
:: To prequalify
préquelle {f}
:: prequel
préraphaélite {m} [art]
:: preraphaelite
prérecrutement {m}
:: prerecruitment
prérectal {adj} [anatomy]
:: prerectal
prérégler {v}
:: To preset , preadjust
prérentrée {f}
:: preparatory time before the start of a school term
prérequis {m}
:: prerequisite
préretraite {f}
:: early retirement
prérévolutionnaire {adj}
:: prerevolutionary
prérogative {f}
:: prerogative (a right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch, etc.)
préromain {adj}
:: pre-Roman
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 predict , to foresee , foretell
présager {v}
:: to forewarn
présager {v}
:: to portend , be an omen of
présager {v}
:: to bode
presbyte {adj}
:: farsighted
presbyte {mf}
:: presbyope , person suffering from farsightedness
presbytéral {adj}
:: presbyteral
presbytère {m}
:: presbytery , rectory (house of a priest)
presbytérianisme {m}
:: Presbyterianism
presbytérien {adj}
:: presbyterian
presbytérien {m}
:: Presbyterian
presbytérienne {f}
:: feminine noun of presbytérien
presbytie {f}
:: presbyopia
préscolaire {adj}
:: preschool
prescripteur {m}
:: prescriber (prescribing doctor)
prescription {f}
:: prescription (all senses)
prescriptivisme {m} [linguistics]
:: prescriptivism
prescriptrice {f}
:: feminine noun of prescripteur
prescrire {v}
:: to prescribe (a medication)
prescrit {adj}
:: prescribed
prescrit {adj}
:: stated , stipulated
préscrotal {adj} [anatomy]
:: prescrotal
près de {prep}
:: near (in close proximity to)
près de ses sous {adj} [colloquial]
:: stingy , close-fisted , penny-pinching
préséance {f}
:: precedence
présélection {f}
:: preselection
présélectionner {vt}
:: to preselect , shortlist
présélectionner {vt}
:: to preset
présence {f}
:: presence
présence d'esprit {f}
:: presence of mind
présensation {f}
:: presensation (feeling)
présent {adj}
:: present (that what /which is in the place talked about )
présent {adj}
:: current , present
présent {adj} [grammar]
:: present
présent {m} [grammar]
:: present tense
présent {m} [dated, except in, Louisiana and Acadia French]
:: gift ; present
présentable {adj}
:: presentable (able to be presented)
présentateur {m}
:: announcer , newscaster , anchor
présentation {f}
:: the act of presenting
présentation {f}
:: introduction
présentation {f}
:: presentation
présentation {f}
:: appearance , layout
présentation du siège {f}
:: breech birth
présentation podalique {f}
:: breech birth
présentatrice {f}
:: feminine singular of présentateur
présente {f} [with definite article, la présente]
:: the letter, document etc. that the reader is reading
présentéisme {m}
:: presenteeism
présentement {adv}
:: presently , currently
présenter {vt}
:: to introduce , to present
présenter {vt}
:: to show , to present
présenter {vi} [colloquial]
:: to look
présenter {vr}
:: to appear , to be present (before someone)
présenter {vr} [problems]
:: to arise , to surface , to present itself
présenter {vr}
:: [à] to be a candidate for
présentiel {adj}
:: face-to-face
présentiel {adj}
:: presential
présentoir {m}
:: showcase
préséquence {f}
:: presequence (all senses)
présérie {f}
:: preproduction
préservatif {adj}
:: preservative
préservatif {m}
:: preserver
préservatif {m}
:: condom
préservation {f}
:: preservation
préserver {vt}
:: to preserve
présidence {f}
:: presidency
président {m}
:: president
président-directeur général {m}
:: managing director , chief executive officer
présidente {f}
:: feminine noun of président
présidente-directrice générale {m}
:: feminine noun of président-directeur général
présidentiable {adj}
:: potentially presidential
présidentialiser {v}
:: To make presidential
présidentiel {adj}
:: presidential
présider {v}
:: to preside ; to chair ; to head (to be in charge of)
présider {vi}
:: To preside (over)
présidial {adj}
:: presidial
présidialement {adv}
:: presidially
présidium {m}
:: presidium (executive committee)
presle {m}
:: (obsolete) alternative spelling of prêle
présocratique {adj}
:: pre-Socratic
présocratiquement {adv}
:: pre-Socratically
présomptif {adj}
:: presumptive
présomption {f}
:: presumption , supposition
présomption d'innocence {f} [law]
:: presumption of innocence
présomptivement {adv}
:: presumptively
présomptueusement {adv}
:: presumptuously
présomptueux {adj}
:: presumptuous
préspinal {adj} [anatomy]
:: prespinal
presque {adv}
:: almost
presqu'ile {f}
:: alternative spelling of presqu'île
presqu'île {f} [geography]
:: peninsula
pressage {m}
:: pressing (of olives, CDs etc)
pressant {adj}
:: pressing , urgent , insistent
pressant {adj}
:: squeezing
presse {f}
:: press , papers (the media)
presse {f}
:: press (e.g. printing press)
pressé {adj}
:: quick , eager , impatient
pressé {adj}
:: pressing , urgent
pressé {adj}
:: lacking (pressed for)
pressé {adj}
:: pressed (fruit juice etc)
presse-agrume {m}
:: juicer , citrus press , lemon press
presse-ail {m}
:: garlic press
presse-citron {m}
:: lemon squeezer
pressement {m}
:: pressing
pressement {m}
:: urging
pressément {adv}
:: quickly , eagerly , impatiently
pressentiment {m}
:: presentiment ; hunch ; premonition
pressentir {v}
:: to have a premonition
pressentir {v}
:: to foresee (mysteriously)
presse-papier {m}
:: paperweight
presse-papier {m}
:: clipboard
presse-purée {m}
:: potato masher
presser {vt}
:: to urge
presser {vt}
:: to squeeze , to squash
presser {vt}
:: to hurry , to hurry up
presser {vr}
:: to hurry up
presser {vr}
:: to press against each other, to flock
presser la détente {v} [firearms]
:: to pull the trigger
presser le pas {v}
:: to quicken one's pace , to pick up the pace, to walk faster , to speed up , to hurry up , to get a move on
pressier {m}
:: pressman (person who operates a hand printing press)
pressière {f}
:: feminine singular of pressier
pressing {m}
:: dry cleaning shop , a dry-cleaner 's
pressiomètre {m} [geology]
:: pressiometer
pression {f}
:: pressure
pression {f} [medicine, physics]
:: pressure
pression {f} [countable]
:: popper (UK ), snap (fastener) (US )
pression artérielle {f} [medicine]
:: blood pressure
pression atmosphérique {f} [physics, meteorology]
:: atmospheric pressure
pressoir {m}
:: press (e.g. cider)
pressurage {m}
:: pressure , pressuring
pressuré {adj}
:: squeezed
pressurer {vt}
:: to squeeze
pressurer {vt}
:: to extort
pressurisé {adj}
:: pressurized
pressuriser {vt}
:: to pressurize [an aircraft, etc.]
prestance {f}
:: presence (imposing bearing)
prestataire {mf}
:: a provider (of a service), an agent
prestataire {mf}
:: a beneficiary or user of a service
prestation {f}
:: service
prestation {f} [finance]
:: loan
prestation {f} [insurance]
:: cover
prestation {f}
:: performance
prestation de serment {f} [law]
:: taking the oath
preste {adj} [literary]
:: agile , quick
prestement {adv}
:: promptly
prester {vt} [Belgium]
:: to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service
prestesse {f}
:: nimbleness , agility
prestidigitateur {m}
:: conjurer , magician
prestidigitation {f}
:: prestidigitation
prestidigitatrice {f}
:: feminine noun of prestidigitateur
prestige {m}
:: prestige
prestigieusement {adv}
:: prestigiously
prestigieux {adj}
:: prestigious
présumable {adj}
:: presumable
présumablement {adv}
:: presumably
présumé {adj}
:: presumed
présumément {adv}
:: presumably
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}
:: loan
prêt {m}
:: lending , loaning
prêt-à-porter {m}
:: ready-to-wear clothing, off-the-rack clothing, off-the-peg clothing
prétélescopique {adj} [astronomy]
:: pretelescopic
prétendant {m}
:: suitor , wooer
prétendant {m}
:: contender
prétendant {m}
:: claimant
prétendante {f}
:: female equivalent of prétendant
prétendre {v}
:: to claim , to allege
prétendre {v}
:: to expect , to consider necessary
prétendre {v} [à]
:: to aim at , to set one's sights on
prétendre {vr}
:: to claim
prétendre {v} [Louisiana French]
:: to pretend
prétendument {adv}
:: allegedly (according to someone's allegation)
prête-nom {m}
:: front man , figurehead
prétentieusement {adv}
:: pretentiously
prétentieux {adj}
:: pretentious
prétention {f}
:: pretentiousness
prétention {f}
:: pretension
prétention {f}
:: claim
prétention {f}
:: pretentious person
prétention {f} [in the plural, prétentions]
:: asking wage
prête-plume {m}
:: ghostwriter
prêter {vt}
:: to lend
prêter {vp}
:: to lend itself to (à
prêter {vp}
:: to go along with (à
prêter {v} [Louisiana French]
:: to borrow
prêter {vt}
:: to attribute
prêter à confusion {v}
:: to cause confusion , to lead to confusion, to be confusing , to be misleading , to give rise to misinterpretation
prêter attention {v} [à]
:: to pay attention (to something/somebody), to heed
prétérition {f} [formal, literary, law]
:: preterition , omission
prêter main-forte {v} [à]
:: to come to somebody's assistance , to lend a helping hand to somebody, to offer one's support to somebody, to help out somebody
prêter serment {v}
:: to take an oath
préteur {m}
:: praetor (elected magistrate)
prêteur {m} [finance]
:: lender
prêteur sur gages {m}
:: pawnbroker
prêteuse {f}
:: feminine noun of prêteur
prétexte {m}
:: excuse , pretext (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
prétexter {vt}
:: to give as an excuse
prétibial {adj} [anatomy]
:: pretibial
prétoire {m} [legal]
:: court
prétorien {adj}
:: Praetorian , praetorian
prêtraille {f}
:: priesthood , clergy
prêtre {m}
:: priest
prêtresse {f}
:: priestess
prêtresse {f}
:: wife or lover of a male priest
prétrice {f}
:: feminine singular of préteur
prêtrise {f}
:: priesthood
préture {f}
:: praetorship
preu {m}
:: The first
preu {m} [dated, schoolchild slang]
:: The first to play (in a game)
preu {m}
:: The second floor (of a building)
preum's {interj} [colloquial]
:: alternative form of prems
preums {interj} [colloquial]
:: alternative form of prems
preusement {adv}
:: valiantly , bravely
preuve {f}
:: proof
preuve par 9 {f} [mathematics]
:: casting out nines
preuve par 9 {f} [figuratively]
:: proof positive
preux {adj}
:: valiant ; brave ; doughty
prévalence {f}
:: prevalence
prévalent {adj}
:: prevalent
prévaloir {v} [followed by the preposition sur ]
:: to prevail
prévaloir {vr} [followed by the preposition de ]
:: to boast , to claim , to pride oneself on
prévaricateur {m}
:: prevaricator
prévarication {f}
:: maladministration
prévarication {f}
:: prevarication
prévaricatrice {f}
:: feminine singular of prévaricateur
prévenance {f}
:: thoughtfulness , consideration
prévenant {adj}
:: considerate
prévenir {v}
:: to prevent
prévenir {v}
:: to warn
prévente {f}
:: presale
préventif {adj}
:: preventive
prévention {f}
:: prevention
préventivement {adv}
:: preventively
préventorium {m}
:: preventorium
préverbe {m} [grammar]
:: preverb (verbal prefix)
Prévert {prop}
:: surname
prévertébral {adj} [anatomy]
:: prevertebral
prévisible {adj}
:: foreseeable , predictable
prévision {f}
:: forecast
prévisionnel {adj}
:: forecast
prévisionniste {mf}
:: forecaster
prévisualisation {f}
:: preview
prévisualiser {v}
:: to preview
prévoir {v}
:: to anticipate , foresee , expect (reaction, event etc.)
prévoir {v}
:: to forecast (weather)
prévoir {v}
:: to plan
prévoir {v}
:: to allow , make plans for, prepare , make provision for
prévoir {v} [legal]
:: to provide for , make provision for
prévoir le coup {v} [colloquial]
:: to plan ahead , to make arrangements , to have it all covered
Prévost {prop}
:: surname
prévostien {adj}
:: Prévostian
prévôt {m} [religion]
:: provost
prévôt {m}
:: provost-marshal
prévôtal {adj}
:: provostal ; provostorial
prévôtalement {adv}
:: provostally , provostorially
prevôté {f}
:: obsolete spelling of prévôté
prévôté {f}
:: provostship , provostry
prévôté {f} [France history]
:: provosty
prévoyance {f}
:: foresight
prévoyant {adj}
:: farsighted
prévu {adj}
:: planned , expected
Priam {prop} [Greek mythology]
:: Priam
Priape {prop} {m} [Greek god]
:: Priapus (god of procreation)
priapique {adj}
:: priapic
priapisme {m} [medicine]
:: priapism
prie-Dieu {m}
:: prie-dieu
prier {vt}
:: to pray
prier {vt}
:: to beg , to beseech , to pray to
prière {f}
:: prayer
prière de {phrase} [formal]
:: please (used to make formal requests )
prieur {m}
:: prior
prieure {f}
:: prioress
prieuré {m}
:: priory (religious building)
primaire {adj}
:: primary
primaire {adj}
:: elementary
primat {m} [religion]
:: primate
primate {m}
:: primate (mammal)
primatial {adj}
:: primatial
primature {f}
:: prime ministership
primauté {f}
:: primacy
prime {f}
:: reward ; prize ; bonus
prime {f}
:: premium (insurance policy)
Primeau {prop}
:: surname
Primeaux {prop}
:: surname
prime de bienvenue {f}
:: golden hello
prime de départ {f}
:: golden handshake
primer {v}
:: to dominate , to be dominant over
primer {v}
:: to win (a prize)
primer {v}
:: to prevail , take precedent
primesautier {adj}
:: impulsive
prime time {m} [usually, uncountable]
:: prime time
prime time {m} [Canada, countable]
:: type of cigarillo
primeur {f}
:: primeur
primeur {f}
:: preview , foretaste
primevère {f}
:: primrose
primidi {m} [historical]
:: The first day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar
primitif {adj}
:: primitive
primitive {f} [mathematics]
:: antiderivative
primitivement {adv}
:: originally
primitivement {adv}
:: primarily
primitivisme {m}
:: primitivism
primo {adv}
:: first (before anything else)
primogéniture {f}
:: primogeniture
primordial {adj}
:: primordial , primitive , original
primordial {adj}
:: vital , essential , paramount , of paramount importance
primordialement {adv}
:: primordially
primovaccination {f}
:: A primary vaccination (first in a series)
primuline {f} [organic compound]
:: primulin
prince {m}
:: prince
prince charmant {m}
:: Prince Charming
Prince-Édouardien {m}
:: Prince Edward Islander
Prince-Édouardienne {f}
:: feminine noun of Prince-Édouardien
princesse {f}
:: princess
princier {adj}
:: princely
princièrement {adv}
:: princely
principal {adj}
:: main ; principal
principal {m}
:: what is most important
principal {m}
:: principal (school administrator)
principal {m} [finance]
:: principal (the money originally invested or loaned)
principalement {adv}
:: mainly , principally
principalité {f}
:: headmastership , headship
principauté {f}
:: princedom
principauté {f}
:: principality (region)
principe {m}
:: principle
printanier {adj}
:: springlike , vernal
printanièrement {adv}
:: vernally (in a springlike manner)
printemps {m}
:: spring (season)
Printemps arabe {prop} {m}
:: Arab Spring
prion {m}
:: prion
prioriser {v}
:: to prioritize
prioritaire {adj}
:: having priority (having precedence )
prioritairement {adv}
:: primarily
prioritairement {adv}
:: essentially , importantly
priorité {f}
:: priority
priorité {f}
:: right of way
prioritiser {v}
:: alternative form of prioriser
pris {adj}
:: taken
Priscille {prop} {f}
:: Priscilla
prise {f}
:: (electrical) socket , wall socket (also prise électrique )
prise {f} [martial arts]
:: hold
prise {f}
:: hold (of a climbing wall)
prise {f}
:: grip
prise {f} [baseball]
:: a strike
prise {f}
:: a taking or capture
prise {f} [film]
:: a take
prisé {adj}
:: priced
prise de conscience {f}
:: realization
prise de courant {f}
:: outlet (wall-mounted socket)
prise de position {f}
:: stance , stand , statement
prise de vue {f}
:: filming , shooting
prise de vue {f}
:: shot
prise en charge {f}
:: management (of something), care (for something)
prise en charge {f}
:: pick-up (by a taxi ); pick-up fare , minimum fare
prise en charge {f}
:: payment (of some costs )
prise en charge {f}
:: care , nursing , treatment (of a patient )
priser {vt}
:: to snuff , take snuff (to inhale a drug or other substance through the nose)
priser {vt}
:: to price (fix a price according to market forces)
priser {vt}
:: to prize (consider something valuable)
priseur {m}
:: auctioneer
priseuse {f}
:: feminine noun of priseur
prismatique {adj}
:: prismatic
prisme {m}
:: prism
prison {f}
:: prison
prison dorée {f}
:: gilded cage
prisonnier {m}
:: prisoner
prisonnier de guerre {m}
:: prisoner of war , POW
prisonnier d'opinion {m}
:: prisoner of conscience
prisonnière {f}
:: feminine noun of prisonnier
prisonnière de guerre {f}
:: feminine noun of prisonnier de guerre
prisonnier politique {m}
:: political prisoner
pristanique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pristanic
pristin {adj} [obsolete or law]
:: pristine
prit {m} [slang, vulgar]
:: penis
prit {m} [slang, vulgar]
:: a stupid or contemptible man
private joke {f} {m}
:: A private joke , an in-joke : a piece of humour understood only by a group of people
privatif {adj}
:: privative [all senses]
privation {f}
:: deprivation
privation {f}
:: shortage , deficiency
privation {f}
:: defect
privatisation {f}
:: privatisation / privatization
privatiser {v}
:: to privatize
privativement {adv}
:: privatively
privauté {f}
:: extreme familiarity
privauté {f} [in the plural]
:: liberties
privé {adj}
:: private
privément {adv}
:: privately
priver {v}
:: to deprive
privilège {m}
:: privilege
privilégié {adj}
:: privileged
privilégié {m}
:: person who is privileged
privilégiée {f}
:: feminine noun of privilégié
privilégier {v}
:: to privilege , to favour
prix {m}
:: prize
prix {m}
:: price
prix d'ami {m}
:: special discount , discount to a friend , mates' rates
prix de marché {m}
:: market price
prix fixe {m}
:: A menu in which the entire meal is offered at a single fixed price
prix fixe {m}
:: The price of such a meal
prix Nobel {m}
:: Nobel Prize (international prize)
PRM {m}
:: initialism of point de raccordement mutualisé
pro- {prefix}
:: pro-
pro {adj} [colloquial]
:: professional
pro {mf} [colloquial]
:: professional
pro {mf} [colloquial]
:: a whiz , someone who is very good at something
proa {m}
:: alternative spelling of prao
proactif {adj}
:: proactive (acting in advance)
proactivement {adv}
:: proactively
probabilisme {m}
:: probabilism
probabiliste {adj}
:: probabilistic
probabilité {f}
:: probability
probable {adj}
:: probable (all meanings)
probablement {adv}
:: probably
probant {adj}
:: compelling , convincing
probation {f}
:: probation (especially religious)
probatoire {adj}
:: probationary
probiotique {adj}
:: probiotic
probité {f}
:: probity
problématique {adj}
:: problematic
problématique {adj}
:: problematical
problématiquement {adv}
:: problematically
problématiser {v}
:: To problematize
problématologie {f} [philosophy]
:: problematology
problème {m}
:: problem
problème {m}
:: trouble
problême {m} [obsolete]
:: alternative form of problème
proboscidien {m}
:: proboscidean (animal of the order Proboscidea )
procaryote {m} [cytology]
:: prokaryote
procédé {m}
:: procedure (method)
procédé {m}
:: process (series of events to produce a result)
procéder {v}
:: proceed
procéder {v}
:: behave
procédural {adj}
:: procedural
procéduralement {adv}
:: procedurally
procédure {f}
:: procedure
procédurier {adj} [often pejorative]
:: procedural
procédurier {m} [often pejorative]
:: person liking formal procedures and judiciary solutions
procès {m}
:: lawsuit
procès {m}
:: trial
processeur {m}
:: processor
processionnel {adj}
:: processional
processionnellement {adv}
:: processionally (in procession)
processus {m}
:: a process
processus léger {m} [computing]
:: thread
procès-verbal {m}
:: minutes (of meeting etc)
procès-verbal {m} [legal]
:: proceedings
procès-verbal {m} [legal]
:: statement (made to the police)
procès-verbal {m} [legal, France]
:: ticket , statement of offense
prochain {adj}
:: upcoming
prochain {adj}
:: nearby
prochain {adj}
:: next
prochain {m} [literary]
:: fellow man , fellow human being , neighbour
prochainement {adv}
:: soon
proche {adj}
:: close , near , closeby , nearby (to a place)
proche {adj}
:: close , near (a time)
proche {mf}
:: loved one , close relative
Proche-Orient {prop} {m}
:: Near East
prochinois {adj}
:: pro- Chinese
proclamation {f}
:: proclamation ; announcement
proclamer {v}
:: to proclaim ; to declare
procommuniste {adj}
:: pro- communist
proconsul {m}
:: proconsul
proconsulaire {adj}
:: proconsular
proconsulat {m}
:: proconsulship
proconsule {f}
:: feminine singular of proconsul
procrastinateur {m}
:: procrastinator
procrastination {f}
:: procrastination
procrastiner {vi}
:: to procrastinate , delay taking action, wait until later
procréation {f}
:: procreation (production of offspring)
procréer {v}
:: to procreate (produce offspring)
procruste {m}
:: crab , crayfish
procruste {m} [statistics]
:: Procrustes analysis
proctodæum {m}
:: obsolete form of proctodeum
proctodeum {m}
:: proctodeum
proctologique {adj}
:: proctological
procurateur {m}
:: procurator
procuration {f}
:: proxy
procuration {f}
:: power of attorney
procuratrice {f}
:: feminine noun of procureur
procurer {vt}
:: to get , obtain (for someone)
procureur {m}
:: representative , agent
procureur {m} [legal]
:: attorney , prosecutor
procureur {m} [religion]
:: pastor
procureur du roi {m} [Belgium, legal]
:: Crown prosecutor of Belgium
procureur du roi {m} [France, legal, historical]
:: Crown prosecutor of France
procureure {f}
:: feminine noun of procureur
procureure de la Couronne {f} [Canada, legal]
:: Crown prosecutor
procureuse {f}
:: feminine noun of procureur
procyclique {adj}
:: procyclic , procyclical
prodigalement {adv}
:: prodigally
prodigalité {f}
:: prodigality
prodige {m}
:: prodigy
prodigieusement {adv}
:: prodigiously
prodigieux {adj}
:: prodigious
prodigieux {adj}
:: terrific , immense , magnificent
prodigue {adj}
:: prodigal
prodiguement {adv}
:: prodigally
prodiguer {vt}
:: to dispense , to lavish (something on someone)
prodromique {adj}
:: prodromal
producteur {m}
:: producer
producteur {adj}
:: productive
productif {adj}
:: productive
production {f}
:: production
productique {f}
:: production automation
productivement {adv}
:: productively
productivisme {m}
:: productivism
productiviste {adj}
:: productivist
productivité {f}
:: productivity
produire {vt}
:: to produce , to yield
produire {vr}
:: to happen , take place (of an event)
produire {vr}
:: to perform (of a singer, etc.)
produit {m}
:: product
produit {m}
:: production
produit fini {m}
:: finished product , end product , finished good
produit intérieur brut {m} [economics]
:: gross domestic product
produit laitier {m}
:: dairy product
produit scalaire {m} [linear algebra]
:: scalar product ; dot product
Produnova {prop} {f}
:: surname of Russian origin
Produnova {m} [gymnastics]
:: Produnova (Produnova vault)
proembryon {m} [biology]
:: proembryo
proéminence {f} [topography]
:: prominence
proéminent {adj}
:: prominent
proeutectoïde {adj}
:: proeutectoid
proeutectoïde {m}
:: proeutectoid
prof {mf}
:: teacher , professor
profanateur {adj}
:: profanatory , defiling
profanateur {m}
:: profaner , defiler (especially of tombs)
profanation {f}
:: profanation
profanatrice {f}
:: feminine noun of profanateur
profane {adj}
:: secular ; lay
profane {adj}
:: profane
profanement {adv}
:: profanely
profanement {m}
:: profanation
profaner {v}
:: to profane
proférer {v}
:: to utter
profès {adj}
:: professed , avowed
profès {m}
:: initiate (who has taken a religious vow)
professer {v}
:: to profess
professeur {m}
:: teacher
professeur {m}
:: professor
professeure {f}
:: feminine noun of professeur
professeuse {f}
:: female professor
profession {f}
:: profession , public declaration
profession {f}
:: profession , public declaration of faith
profession {f}
:: profession , occupation, trade, craft, activity
profession {f}
:: profession , practitioners of a profession collectively
profession de foi {f}
:: profession of faith
profession de foi {f}
:: declaration of faith
profession de foi {f}
:: manifesto , policy statement , declaration of principles
professionnalisation {f}
:: professionalization
professionnaliser {v}
:: to professionalize
professionnalisme {m}
:: professionalism
professionnel {adj}
:: professional
professionnel {m}
:: professional
professionnelle {f}
:: feminine noun of professionnel (female professional)
professionnelle {f} [euphemistic]
:: prostitute
professionnellement {adv}
:: professionally
professoral {adj}
:: professorial
professorat {m}
:: professorship
professorat {m}
:: the teaching profession
professrice {f} [hapax legomenon]
:: feminine noun of professeur
profil {m}
:: profile
profilage {f}
:: profiling
profilagrine {f} [protein]
:: profilaggrin
profiler {v}
:: To profile
profileur {m}
:: profiler (person)
profileur {m} [computing]
:: profiler (masculine only)
profileuse {f}
:: feminine singular of profileur
profini {adj} [maths]
:: profinite
profit {m}
:: profit , benefit
profitabilité {f}
:: profitability
profitable {adj}
:: profitable
profitablement {adv}
:: profitably
profiter {v} [de]
:: to take advantage to, make the most of
profiter {v} [à]
:: to be profitable or beneficial
profiter {vi} [colloquial]
:: to thrive , do well; (of clothes) wear well, soak up (sun, atmosphere)
profiterole {f}
:: profiterole
profiteur {m}
:: profiteer
profiteuse {f}
:: female equivalent of profiteur
profond {adj}
:: deep
profond {adj}
:: profound
profond {adj} [of a region, country or continent, sometimes, pejorative]
:: rural , small-town , provincial , heartland ; authentic , true
profondément {adv}
:: deeply , profoundly
profondeur {f}
:: depth
profus {adj}
:: profuse
profusément {adv}
:: profusely
profusion {f}
:: profusion
progéniteur {m}
:: progenitor
progénitrice {f}
:: feminine noun of progéniteur
progéniture {f}
:: offspring , progeny
progestérone {f} [organic compound]
:: progesterone
progiciel {m}
:: software package
proglaciaire {adj} [geology]
:: proglacial
prognathe {adj}
:: prognathous
prognosticatif {adj} [archaic]
:: prognosticating ; tending to predict or foretell
progouvernemental {adj}
:: pro- government (attributive)
programmable {adj}
:: programmable
programmateur {m}
:: timer , scheduler
programmation {f}
:: programming
programmation {f} [computing]
:: programming
programmation orientée objet {f}
:: object-oriented programming
programmatique {adj}
:: programmatic
programme {m}
:: a program (set of structured activities )
programme {m}
:: a program (leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity)
programme {m}
:: a program (particular mindset or method of doing things)
programme {m} [computing]
:: a program
programme malveillant {m} [computing]
:: malware (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
programmer {v}
:: to program
programmer {v} [computing]
:: to program , to write program code
programmeur {m} [computing]
:: programmer
programmeuse {f}
:: feminine noun of programmeur
progrès {m}
:: progress
progresser {v}
:: to progress (to show a progression)
progressif {adj}
:: progressive
progression {f}
:: progression
progressisme {m}
:: progressivism
progressiste {adj}
:: progressivist
progressivement {adv}
:: progressively
prohibé {adj}
:: prohibited
prohiber {vt} [legal, formal]
:: to prohibit (to proscribe)
prohibitif {adj}
:: prohibitive
prohibition {f}
:: prohibition
prohibition {f} [specifically]
:: prohibition of alcohol
prohibitionnisme {m} [legal]
:: prohibitionism
prohibitionniste {m}
:: prohibitionist
prohibitivement {adv}
:: prohibitively
proie {f}
:: prey
proie {f}
:: booty
projecteur {m}
:: projector
projecteur {m}
:: spotlight
projectif {adj} [maths]
:: projective
projectile {m}
:: projectile
projection {f}
:: projection
projection {f}
:: screening (of a film)
projectionniste {mf}
:: projectionist
projet {m}
:: project
projet {m}
:: plan
projet {m} [Louisiana French, legal]
:: draft constitution
projet de loi {m}
:: bill : proposed law drafted by the executive government, as opposed to a proposition de loi private member's bill )
projeter {v}
:: plan (to create a plan for)
projet européen {m}
:: European project
prokofiévien {adj}
:: Prokofievian
prokurde {adj}
:: pro- Kurdish
prolatif {m} [grammar]
:: the prolative case
prolepse {f}
:: prolepsis (anticipation)
prolepse {f} [grammar]
:: prolepsis
proleptique {adj}
:: proleptic
prolétaire {m}
:: proletarian
prolétaire {adj}
:: proletarian
prolétairement {adv}
:: proletarianly
prolétaires de tous les pays, unissez-vous {phrase}
:: workers of the world, unite !
prolétariat {m}
:: proletariat
prolétarien {adj}
:: proletarian
prolétarisation {f}
:: proletarianization
prolifération {f}
:: proliferation , spreading
proliférer {v}
:: to proliferate , to mushroom , to increase in number
prolificité {f} [biology]
:: prolificity
prolifique {adj}
:: prolific (fertile, producing offspring or fruit in great abundance)
prolifique {adj}
:: prolific (capable of producing a lot of work)
prolixe {adj}
:: prolix ; overly talkative
prolixement {adv}
:: prolixly
prolixité {f}
:: prolixity
prolo {adj} [colloquial, often, pejorative]
:: prole
prolo {mf} [colloquial, often, pejorative]
:: prole
prologue {m}
:: prologue
prolongateur {m}
:: extension cord (an electrical cord)
prolongation {f}
:: extension
prolongation {f} [sports]
:: overtime , extra time
prolongement {m}
:: prolonging , extension
prolonger {v}
:: to prolong
promenade {f}
:: walk ; stroll (walk for enjoyment)
promenade de santé {f} [figuratively]
:: a walk in the park
promener {vr}
:: to walk (leisurely), to go for a walk, to stroll
promener {vt}
:: to walk out (an animal)
promener {vt}
:: to carry around, often with the implication of showing off
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]
prométaphase {f}
:: prometaphase
prométhate {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: promethate
prométhéen {adj}
:: Promethean
prométhéum {m}
:: promethium
prométhium {m}
:: promethium
prometteur {adj}
:: promising
prometteur {m}
:: someone who makes false promises
prometteuse {f}
:: feminine noun of prometteur
promettre {v}
:: to promise
promettre {vi}
:: to be promising , to be hopeful
promettre monts et merveilles {v} [figuratively]
:: to promise the moon , to promise the earth , to promise the stars (to make promises that are impossible to uphold )
promiscuité {f}
:: crowding , lack of privacy
promis juré {interj} [colloquial]
:: pinky swear , pinky promise , cross my heart
promis, juré, craché {interj} [colloquial]
:: cross my heart and hope to die , pinky swear , pinky promise
promonarchiste {adj}
:: pro- monarchy
promontoire {m}
:: promontory
promoteur {m}
:: promoter , one who promotes
promoteur {m} [college slang]
:: master's thesis supervisor , tutor , director , advisor
promotion {f}
:: promotion (career advancement)
promotion {f}
:: promotion , advertising
promotion {f}
:: special offer , discount , special , sale
promotion {f}
:: school year , year group
promotion canapé {f} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: promotion by sleeping one's way up the ladder
promotionnaire {mf} [sport]
:: A team (or a person) who have been promoted to a higher league
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
prompt {adj} [Louisiana]
:: curt
promptement {adv}
:: promptly , shortly , quickly
prompteur {m}
:: teleprompter
promptitude {f}
:: promptitude
prompt rétablissement {interj}
:: Get well soon , a phrase expressing hope that the listener will soon recover from physical illness
promulgation {f}
:: promulgation
promulguer {v}
:: to promulgate (to make known or public)
promyélocytaire {adj} [pathology]
:: promyelocytic
pronateur {m} [anatomy]
:: pronator
pronatrice {f}
:: feminine noun of pronateur
prône {m}
:: sermon , homily
prôner {v}
:: to extol , praise , laud
prôner {v}
:: to recommend , advocate
pronique {adj} [maths]
:: pronic
prono {m} [colloquial]
:: prediction
pronom {m}
:: pronoun
pronom démonstratif {m} [grammar]
:: demonstrative pronoun (pronoun which replaces a noun)
pronominal {adj}
:: pronominal
pronominalement {adv}
:: pronominally
pronom personnel {m} [grammar]
:: personal pronoun
pronom réfléchi {m} [grammar]
:: reflexive pronoun
pronom relatif {m} [grammar]
:: relative pronoun
prononçable {adj}
:: pronounceable
prononcé {adj}
:: strong , distinct , marked
prononcer {v}
:: to pronounce
prononcer {v}
:: to say , mention
prononcer {v}
:: to give , deliver (a speech)
prononciation {f}
:: pronunciation
pronostic {m}
:: prognosis (all meanings)
pronosticatif {adj} [archaic]
:: prognosticating ; tending to predict or foretell
pronostic vital {m}
:: prognosis for survival
pronostiquer {v}
:: to predict ; to foretell ; to prognosticate
pronostiqueur {m}
:: forecaster
pronostiqueur {m}
:: tout (at a racecourse)
pronucléaire {adj}
:: pronuclear (all senses)
prony {m} [music]
:: an interval (defined on a logarithmic scale) between two sounds
propagande {f}
:: propaganda
propagande par le fait {f}
:: propaganda of the deed ; propaganda by the deed
propagandiste {mf}
:: propagandist
propagateur {adj}
:: propagating
propagateur {m}
:: propagator
propagation {f}
:: propagation
propagé {adj}
:: propagated
propager {vt}
:: to propagate , spread
propager {vr}
:: to propagate , spread
propalestinien {adj}
:: pro -Palestinian
propanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: propanoic
propédeutique {adj}
:: propaedeutic
propédeutique {f}
:: propaedeutics
propédeutiquement {adv}
:: propaedeutically
propènal {m} [organic compound]
:: propenal
propène {m} [organic compound]
:: propene
propension {f}
:: propensity
properdine {f} [protein]
:: properdin
propergol {m}
:: propellant ; rocket fuel
prophète {m}
:: prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)
prophétesse {f}
:: female equivalent of prophète
prophétie {f}
:: prophecy
prophétie autoréalisatrice {f}
:: self-fulfilling prophecy
prophétique {adj}
:: prophetic
prophétiquement {adv}
:: prophetically
prophétiser {v}
:: to prophetize
prophylactique {adj}
:: prophylactic
prophylaxie {f}
:: prophylaxis
propice {adj}
:: propitious ; favorable
propice {adj}
:: opportune
propicement {adv}
:: propitiously
propionique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: propionic
propitiatoire {adj}
:: propitiatory
propolis {f}
:: propolis
proportion {f}
:: proportion
proportionnable {adj}
:: proportionable
proportionnablement {adv}
:: proportionably
proportionnalité {f}
:: proportionality
proportionnalité {f}
:: proportional representation
proportionné {adj}
:: proportioned
proportionné {adj}
:: proportionate
proportionnel {adj}
:: proportional
proportionnellement {adv}
:: proportionally
proportionnément {adv}
:: proportionately
proportionner {vt}
:: to proportion
propos {m}
:: aim , intention
propos {m}
:: remark
proposer {v}
:: to propose , suggest
proposer {v}
:: to propose (offer)
proposition {f}
:: proposition , suggestion
proposition {f} [grammar]
:: proposition
proposition {f} [grammar]
:: clause
propositionnel {adj}
:: propositional (related to proposition)
propræteur {m}
:: obsolete form of propréteur
propre {adj}
:: clean
propre {adj}
:: house-trained
propre {adj} [before a noun]
:: own
propre {adj} [mathematics]
:: eigen-
propre {adj} [followed by the preposition à ]
:: proper to, specific to, particular to
propre comme un sou neuf {adj} [simile]
:: Very clean ; squeaky clean ; clean as a whistle
proprement {adv}
:: properly
proprement {adv}
:: cleanly (in a way which is not dirty)
propre sur soi {adj}
:: neat and tidy , trim , clean -looking , fit to be seen
propret {adj}
:: neat and tidy , spick and span ; squeaky clean
propret {adj}
:: cheap and cheerful
propreté {f}
:: cleanliness ; cleanness
propréteur {m}
:: proprætor (a magistrate of ancient Rome)
propriétaire {adj}
:: proprietary
propriétaire {mf}
:: owner (one who owns)
propriétairement {adv}
:: proprietarily
propriété {f}
:: property (something owned)
propriété {f}
:: property , attribute
proprio {m} [colloquial]
:: landlord
proprio {m} [colloquial]
:: householder , landowner (real estate proprietor)
propriocepteur {m} [anatomy]
:: proprioceptor
propriocepteur {adj} [anatomy]
:: proprioceptive
propriorécepteur {m}
:: proprioceptor
propriote {f}
:: feminine singular of proprio
proptose {f}
:: exophthalmos
propulser {v}
:: to propel ; to propulse
propulseur {m}
:: propeller
propulseur {m}
:: spear thrower
propulsif {adj}
:: propulsive
propulsion {f}
:: propulsion
propyle {m} [organic chemistry]
:: propyl
propylène {m} [organic compound]
:: propylene
prorata {m}
:: proportion
prorévolutionnaire {adj}
:: pro- revolutionary
prorogation {f} [politics]
:: prorogation
prorogé {adj}
:: prorogued , prorogated
proroger {v}
:: to extend
proroger {v}
:: to defer , put back
proroger {v}
:: to adjourn
proroger {v} [politics]
:: to prorogue
prorusse {adj}
:: pro-Russian
prosaïque {adj}
:: prosaic
prosaïquement {adv}
:: prosaically
prosaïsme {m}
:: mundanity , prosaicness
prosateur {m}
:: prosaist (prose writer)
prosatrice {f}
:: female equivalent of prosateur
proscription {f} [history]
:: Condemnation made against political opponents , especially the Roman antiquity and during the French Revolution
proscription {f}
:: Banishment of a person or group
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
prosencéphale {m} [anatomy]
:: prosencephalon
prosodie {f}
:: prosody (patterns of sounds and rhythms)
prosodique {adj}
:: prosodic
prosodiquement {adv}
:: prosodically
prosome {m}
:: synonym of protéasome ; prosome
prosopagnosie {f} [medicine]
:: prosopagnosia
prosopographie {f}
:: prosopography
prosopographique {adj}
:: prosopographic
prosopopée {f}
:: prosopopoeia
prosopopœe {f}
:: obsolete form of prosopopée
prosoviétique {adj}
:: pro- soviet
prospecter {v} [mineralogy]
:: prospect (to search as for gold)
prospecteur {m}
:: prospector
prospecteur {m}
:: canvasser
prospectif {adj}
:: prospective
prospectif {adj}
:: predictable
prospection {f}
:: prospecting
prospectrice {f}
:: feminine noun of prospecteur
prospère {adj}
:: prosperous , propitious
prospère {adj}
:: prosperous , fortunate
prospèrement {adv}
:: prosperously
prospérer {v}
:: to thrive , prosper
prospérité {f}
:: prosperity
Prost {prop}
:: Prost (surname)
prostacycline {f}
:: prostacyclin
prostaglandine {f} [biochemistry]
:: prostaglandin
prostatique {adj} [anatomy]
:: prostatic
prosternation {f}
:: prostration
prosterner {vr}
:: to bow down
prosthétique {adj}
:: prosthetic
prostipute {f} [vulgar, offensive]
:: whore (a person having sex for profit)
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}
:: prostrate
prostré {adj}
:: prone
prosule {f} [music]
:: the enrichment of Gregorian chants by the addition of melismatic syllables
protactinium {m}
:: protactinium
protagoniste {m}
:: protagonist (the main character)
protandre {adj}
:: protandrous
protase {f} [grammar]
:: protasis
prote {m}
:: A supervisor or foreman in a printing press
protéacée {f}
:: protea (of family Proteacea )
protéagineux {adj}
:: proteaginous
protéase {f} [enzyme]
:: protease
protéasome {m} [biochemistry]
:: proteasome
protecteur {m}
:: protector
protecteur {adj}
:: protective (related to or used for protection)
protection {f}
:: protection
protectionnisme {m}
:: protectionism
protectionniste {adj}
:: protectionist
protectionniste {mf}
:: protectionist
protectorat {m}
:: protectorate
protectrice {f}
:: female equivalent of protecteur
protée {f}
:: mudpuppy , waterdog (amphibian of Proteidae family)
Protée {prop} {m} [astronomy]
:: Proteus (moon of Neptune)
Protée {prop} {m} [Greek mythology]
:: Proteus
protège-dent {m}
:: mouthguard (device)
protège-matelas {m}
:: mattress protector
protéger {v}
:: to protect
protège-tibia {m} [soccer]
:: shinguard
protéiforme {adj}
:: protean
protéinase {f} [enzyme]
:: proteinase
protéine {f}
:: protein
protéiné {adj}
:: enriched with protein
protéiner {v}
:: to enrich with protein
protéinogène {adj} [biochemistry]
:: proteinogenic
protéinurie {f} [pathology]
:: proteinuria
protéique {adj}
:: proteinic
protéique {adj}
:: protean
protèle {m}
:: aardwolf
protéobactérie {f}
:: proteobacterium
protéolyse {f}
:: proteolysis
protéolytique {adj} [biochemistry]
:: proteolytic
protéome {m} [biochemistry]
:: proteome
protéomicien {m}
:: proteomicist
protéomicienne {f}
:: feminine singular of protéomicien
protéomique {adj}
:: proteomic
protérozoïque {adj}
:: Proterozoic
Protérozoïque {m}
:: Proterozoic
protestant {adj}
:: Protestant
protestant {m}
:: Protestant (person)
protestantisme {m} [Christianity]
:: Protestantism
protestataire {adj}
:: protesting
protestataire {mf}
:: protester
protestation {f}
:: admission , exclamation , statement
protestation {f}
:: protest , objection
protester {v}
:: to protest ; to object
protêt {m} [finance]
:: protest of dishonor
prothèse {f} [medicine]
:: prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
prothèse {f} [linguistics]
:: prothesis
prothésiste {mf}
:: prosthodontist
prothétique {adj}
:: prosthetic
protide {m} [nutrition]
:: protein , peptides and similar materials
protidique {adj}
:: protidic
protiodure {m}
:: alternative form of protoiodure
protique {adj} [physics, chemistry]
:: protic
protiste {m}
:: protist (eukaryotic unicellular organisms of the kingdom Protoctista )
protistologie {f}
:: protistology
protistologique {adj}
:: protistological
protistologiste {m} [biology]
:: protistologist
protistologue {mf}
:: protistologist
proto- {prefix}
:: proto-
protobromure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: protobromide
protocarbure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: protocarbide
protocelte {adj}
:: Proto-Celtic
protocérébron {m} [anatomy]
:: protocerebrum
protocerque {adj}
:: protocercal
protochlorure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: protochloride
protocolaire {adj}
:: protocol (attributive)
protocolaire {adj}
:: formal
protocolairement {adv}
:: formally (according to protocol)
protocole {m}
:: protocol
protocyanure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: protocyanide
protoétoile {f} [astronomy]
:: protostar
protofluorure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: protofluoride
proto-germanique {m}
:: Proto-Germanic
proto-germanique {adj}
:: Proto-Germanic
protogyne {adj}
:: protogynous
protohistoire {f}
:: protohistory
protohistorique {adj}
:: protohistoric
protoiodure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: protoiodide
proto-langue {f}
:: alternative form of protolangue
protolangue {f}
:: proto-language
protologisme {m}
:: protologism
protologue {m}
:: protologue#en
protomartyr {m}
:: protomartyr
protomartyre {f}
:: protomartyress ; female equivalent of protomartyr
protomorphose {f} [biology]
:: protomorphosis
proton {m} [particle]
:: proton
protoné {adj} [chemistry]
:: protonated
protonique {adj}
:: protonic
protoniser {v} [chemistry, physics]
:: to protonate
protonotaire {n}
:: prothonotary
protophosphure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: protophosphide
protoplanétaire {adj} [astronomy]
:: protoplanetary
protoplanète {f} [astronomy]
:: protoplanet
protoplasme {m} [cytology]
:: protoplasm
protoporphyrine {f} [organic compound]
:: protoporphyrin
protosel {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: protosalt
protoséléniure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: protoselenide
protostomien {m}
:: protostomian
protostomien {adj}
:: protostomian
protosulfure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
:: protosulfide
prototrophe {adj} [biology]
:: prototrophic
prototrophe {m} [biology]
:: prototroph
prototrophie {f} [biology]
:: prototrophy
prototype {m}
:: prototype
prototypique {adj} [linguistics]
:: prototypical
prototypiquement {adv}
:: prototypically
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
proudhonien {adj}
:: Proudhonian
proudhonisme {m}
:: Proudhonism
proue {f} [nautical]
:: prow
prouesse {f} [usually, in the singular]
:: prowess ; bravery ; valiance ; derring-do
Proulx {prop}
:: surname
prout {m} [colloquial]
:: fart , trump , toot (an emission of flatulent gases)
prouvable {adj}
:: provable
prouvable {adj}
:: verifiable
prouvablement {adv}
:: provably
prouvablement {adv}
:: verifiably
prouver {v}
:: to prove
provenance {f}
:: provenance , origin
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 noun of Provençal
Provence {prop} {f}
:: Provence (region)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {prop} {f}
:: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (region of France)
provenir {v}
:: to originate (from)
provenir {v}
:: to arise (from)
proverbe {m}
:: proverb , saying
Proverbes {prop} {mp} [bible]
:: Proverbs
proverbial {adj}
:: proverbial
proverbialement {adv}
:: proverbially
providence {f}
:: providence
providentiel {adj}
:: providential
providentiellement {adv}
:: providentially
province {f}
:: province
province {f}
:: the countryside (of France), the French regions (other than the Parisian region), provincial France
provincial {adj}
:: provincial
provincial {m}
:: people from the provinces/regions
provincialisme {m}
:: provincialism
proviseur {m}
:: headmaster (of a secondary school)
provision {f}
:: provision
provisionnel {adj}
:: provisional
provisionnellement {adv}
:: provisionally
provisionner {vt}
:: to fund , set aside funds for
provisoire {adj}
:: temporary (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
provisoire {adj}
:: provisional
provisoirement {adv}
:: for the time being
provisoirement {adv}
:: provisionally
provoc {f}
:: clipping of provocation
provocant {adj}
:: provocative , inflammatory
provocateur {adj}
:: provocative , inflammatory
provocateur {m}
:: provocateur, provoker ; one who provokes
provocation {f}
:: provocation
provocatrice {f}
:: feminine noun of provocateur
provoquant {adj}
:: provocative
provoquer {v}
:: to provoke , bring on , bring about
proxémie {f}
:: proxemics
proxénète {mf}
:: procurer , pimp
proxénétisme {m}
:: proxenetism , pimping
proximité {f}
:: proximity
proximité {f}
:: coming up
pruche {f} [Quebec]
:: hemlock (tree of Tsuga
prude {adj}
:: prude
prudemment {adv}
:: prudently
prudence {f}
:: prudence , caution , care
prudence est mère de sûreté {proverb}
:: discretion is the better part of valour , diffidence is the right eye of prudence , better safe than sorry
prudent {adj}
:: prudent , careful , cautious
prudentiel {adj}
:: prudential
prud'homme {m}
:: a master craftsman or expert
prudhomme {m}
:: alternative spelling of prud'homme
Prud'homme {prop}
:: Prudhomme ; surname
Prudhomme {prop}
:: Prudhomme ; surname
pruine {f}
:: bloom (powdery coating)
pruiné {adj}
:: pruinose
pruinosité {f}
:: pruinescence
prune {f}
:: plum
prune {f} [slang]
:: ticket (traffic citation)
pruneau {m}
:: prune (dried plum )
prunelier {m}
:: alternative form of prunellier
prunelle {f}
:: sloe (small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn)
prunelle {f}
:: sloe gin
prunelle {f} [anatomy]
:: pupil ; eye
prunelle {f} [archaic]
:: a type of cloth
prunellier {m}
:: blackthorn ; sloe (Prunus spinosa
prunier {m}
:: plum , plum tree
prurigineux {adj}
:: pruritic , pruriginous
prurit {m}
:: itch , itchiness
prurit {m}
:: itch , in the sense of a desire or want
Prusse {prop} {f}
:: Prussia
Prussie {prop} {f}
:: Prussia
prussien {adj}
:: Prussian
prussien {m}
:: Prussian (language)
Prussien {m}
:: Prussian person
Prussienne {f}
:: feminine noun of Prussien
prussique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: prussic
prytane {m}
:: prytane
PS {prop} {m}
:: initialism of Parti Socialiste , a socialist political party active in France, Belgium and Switzerland
psalmique {adj}
:: psalmic
psalmodie {f}
:: psalmody
psalmodier {vi}
:: to chant , intone [especially a psalm]
psalmodier {vi}
:: to drone
psaloïde {adj} [anatomy]
:: psalloid
psaltérion {m} [historical]
:: psaltery from mid-13th c
psaltérion {m}
:: bowed psaltery
psaume {m}
:: psalm (all senses)
Psaumes {prop} {mp} [bible]
:: Psalms
psautier {m}
:: psalter
pschitt {interj}
:: hiss
pseautier {m}
:: alternative spelling of psautier
pséphologie {f}
:: psephology
pseudo- {prefix}
:: pseudo-
pseudo {m}
:: A nickname , handle or pseudonym
pseudo-colonne {f} [database]
:: pseudocolumn
pseudocratère {f}
:: pseudocrater
pseudoéphédrine {f}
:: pseudoephedrine
pseudogamie {f} [biology]
:: pseudogamy
pseudohalogène {m} [chemistry]
:: pseudohalogen
pseudohalogénure {m} [chemistry]
:: pseudohalide
pseudonyme {adj}
:: pseudonymous , done under a pseudonym
pseudonyme {m}
:: pseudonym
pseudoparasitisme {m} [biology]
:: pseudoparasitism
pseudopode {m} [biology]
:: pseudopod
pseudoscalaire {m} [physics]
:: pseudoscalar
pseudouridimycine {f} [medicine]
:: pseudouridimycin
PSG {prop} [soccer]
:: Paris Saint-Germain Football Club , a French football club from Paris
psi {m}
:: psi (Greek letter)
psilocybine {f}
:: psilocybin
psitt {interj}
:: psst !
psoralée {f}
:: scurfpea (of the genus Psoralea
psoralène {m}
:: psoralen
psoralier {m}
:: tumbleweed (of the genus Psoralea
psorique {adj}
:: psoric , psoriatic
psoroptique {adj}
:: psoroptic
psy {adj} [colloquial]
:: clipping of psychologique
psy {adj} [colloquial]
:: clipping of psychique
psy {adj} [colloquial]
:: clipping of psychosomatique
psy {mf} [colloquial]
:: clipping of psychiatre ; shrink
psy {mf} [colloquial]
:: clipping of psychologue
psychanalyse {f}
:: psychoanalysis (family of psychological theories)
psychanalyser {vt}
:: to psychoanalyze
psychanalyste {mf}
:: psychoanalyst
psychanalytique {adj}
:: psychoanalytical (relating to psychoanalysis)
psyché {f} [psychology, philosophy]
:: psyche
psyché {f}
:: cheval glass
psychédélique {adj}
:: psychedelic (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.)
psychédéliquement {adv}
:: psychedelically
psychédélisme {m}
:: psychedelia
psychiatre {mf}
:: psychiatrist
psychiatrie {f}
:: psychiatry
psychiatrique {adj}
:: psychiatric (of or relating to psychiatry)
psychiatriser {v}
:: To psychiatrize
psychique {adj}
:: psychic
psychiquement {adv}
:: psychically
psychisme {m} [philosophy, psychology]
:: psyche , globality of mind
psychisme {m} [philosophy, psychology]
:: life of the psyche or mind ; globality of psychical phenomena
psycho- {prefix}
:: psycho-
psychoactif {adj}
:: psychoactive
psychochirurgie {f}
:: psychosurgery
psychodramatique {adj}
:: psychodramatic
psychodrame {m}
:: psychodrama
psychodysleptique {adj}
:: psychodysleptic
psychogériatrie {f}
:: psychogeriatrics
psychohistoire {f}
:: psychohistory
psychokinèse {m}
:: psychokinesis
psychokinésie {f}
:: psychokinesis
psycholinguistique {adj}
:: psycholinguistic
psycholinguistique {f}
:: psycholinguistics
psychologie {f}
:: psychology
psychologie inversée {f} [psychology]
:: reverse psychology
psychologique {adj}
:: psychological
psychologiquement {adv}
:: psychologically
psychologiser {v}
:: psychologize
psychologue {mf}
:: psychologist
psychomoteur {adj}
:: psychomotor
psychomotricité {f}
:: psychomotricity
psychonaute {mf}
:: psychonaut
psychopathe {mf}
:: psychopath
psychopathie {f}
:: psychopathy
psychopathique {adj}
:: psychopathic
psychopathologie {f}
:: psychopathology
psychopathologique {adj}
:: psychopathological
psychopédagogie {f}
:: psychopedagogy (educational psychology)
psychopharmacologie {f}
:: psychopharmacology
psychopharmacologique {adj}
:: psychopharmacological
psychophysiologie {f}
:: psychophysiology
psychophysiologique {adj}
:: psychophysiological
psychophysique {adj}
:: psychophysical
psychophysique {f}
:: psychophysics (a branch of psychology)
psychopolitique {f}
:: psychopolitics
psychopompe {mf}
:: psychopomp
psychorigide {adj}
:: psychorigid
psychose {f}
:: psychosis
psychosocial {adj}
:: psychosocial
psychosociologue {mf}
:: psychosociologist
psychosomatique {adj}
:: psychosomatic (of physical effects with mental causes)
psychosynthèse {f}
:: psychosynthesis
psychotechnique {adj}
:: psychotechnic
psychotechnique {f}
:: psychotechnics
psychothérapeute {mf}
:: psychotherapist
psychothérapie {f}
:: psychotherapy
psychotique {adj}
:: psychotic
psychotique {mf}
:: psychotic
psychotrope {adj}
:: psychotropic
psychotrope {m}
:: psychotropic , psychoactive drug
p'tain {interj} [colloquial, vulgar]
:: informal spelling of putain or contraction of putain
ptdr {interj} [internet slang, texting]
:: initialism of pété de rire Literally "broken with laughter", approximately equivalent to English PMSL
ptéridine {f} [organic compound]
:: pteridine
ptéridographe {mf}
:: pteridologist
ptéridophyte {m}
:: pteridophyte
ptérine {f} [organic compound]
:: pterin
ptérinique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pterinic
ptérodactyle {m}
:: pterodactyl (extinct flying reptile)
ptérois zèbre {m}
:: zebra turkeyfish , zebra lionfish
ptérosaure {m}
:: pterosaur
ptérygoïde {adj} [anatomy]
:: pterygoid
ptérygoïdien {adj}
:: pterygoid
p'tet {adv} [nonstandard]
:: contraction of peut-être
p't'êt' {adv} [nonstandard]
:: contraction of peut-être
ptil- {prefix}
:: ptilo- (downy)
-ptile {suffix} [botany]
:: -ptile (leaf)
-ptile {suffix} [ornithology]
:: -ptile (plumage)
ptiline {f} [zoology and entomology]
:: ptilinum
ptilocerque {m}
:: pen-tailed treeshrew
p'tit {adj} [colloquial, slang]
:: eye dialect of petit or contraction of petit or syncopic form of petit
p'tit déj {m} [colloquial, slang]
:: clipping of petit déjeuner (breakfast)
Ptolémaïs {prop}
:: Ptolemais
Ptolémée {prop} {m}
:: Ptolemy
ptomaïne {f}
:: ptomaine
ptyalisme {m} [biology, pathology]
:: ptyalism
pu {adv} [Quebec, colloquial]
:: alternative form of plus
puant {adj}
:: smelly , stinking
puanteur {f}
:: stench ; stink
pub {f}
:: Television ad or advert
pub {m}
:: pub
pubalgie {f}
:: groin pain
pubalgie {f}
:: groin strain
pubard {m} [colloquial]
:: adman
pubère {adj}
:: pubescent
puberté {f}
:: puberty
pubien {adj} [anatomy]
:: pubic
pubis {m}
:: pubis ; pubes
publiable {adj}
:: publishable
publiant {m}
:: publicist
publiante {f}
:: feminine singular of publiant
public {adj}
:: public
public {m}
:: public (people in general)
public {m}
:: audience
publicain {m}
:: publican (in Ancient Rome)
publication {f}
:: publication
publication {f}
:: publicizing
publiciel {m} [computing]
:: adware
publiciste {mf}
:: publicist
publiciste {mf}
:: advertising executive
publicitaire {adj} [attributive]
:: publicity ; advertising
publicitaire {mf}
:: publicist , adman , adwoman
publicitairement {adv}
:: by means of publicity or advertising
publicité {f}
:: publicity , advertising
publicité {f}
:: commercial , advertisement
publier {v}
:: to publish , to release , to issue
publipostage {m}
:: mail merge
publiquement {adv}
:: publicly
publirédactionnel {m}
:: advertorial (advertisement presented as editorial)
publireportage {m}
:: infomercial
puçage {m}
:: chipping (insertion of a chip under the skin)
puccinien {adj}
:: Puccinian
puce {f}
:: flea
puce {f}
:: chip [electronics], silicon chip
puce {f} [typography]
:: bullet
puce {f} [affectionate]
:: sweetie
puceau {m}
:: virgin (male person who has never had sexual relations)
puceau {adj}
:: virgin
pucelage {m} [colloquial]
:: virginity
pucelage {m}
:: innocence
pucelle {f}
:: a maiden ; a virgin
pucer {v}
:: To chip (insert a chip under the skin)
puceron {m}
:: aphid
pucier {m} [slang]
:: bed ; sleep
pudding {m}
:: any dish formed from putting the leftovers of a place such as a bakery together, and mixing them all into one
pudeur {f}
:: sense of modesty or reserve ; shame
pudeur {f}
:: sense of decency , chastity , propriety
pudibond {adj}
:: prudish
pudibonderie {f}
:: prudishness
pudicité {f}
:: pudicity ; modesty ; chasteness
pudique {adj}
:: modest , chaste
pudiquement {adv}
:: in a pudic way
puer {vi}
:: to stink , to smell (bad)
puer de la gueule {v} [vulgar, figuratively]
:: to have bad breath
puer du bec {v} [colloquial, figuratively]
:: to have bad breath
puériculteur {m}
:: paediatric nurse , nursery nurse
puéricultrice {f}
:: feminine noun of puériculteur
puériculture {f}
:: Puericulture
puéril {adj} [dated or literary]
:: childlike
puéril {adj} [pejorative]
:: puerile , childish , immature
puérilement {adv}
:: youthfully
puérilement {adv}
:: childishly
puérilité {f}
:: childishness
puffin {m}
:: shearwater
pugilat {m}
:: pugilism , fist-fighting
pugilat {m}
:: boxing
pugiliste {mf}
:: pugilist
pugiliste {mf}
:: boxer
pugilistique {adj}
:: of or relating to pugilism or boxing
pugnace {adj}
:: pugnacious
pugnacité {f}
:: pugnacity
puîné {adj} [law, literary]
:: cadet (born after a sibling)
puîné {m} [law, literary]
:: cadet (someone born after a sibling)
puis {adv}
:: then
puis {conj}
:: and
puisage {m}
:: drawing (water etc)
puisard {m}
:: soakaway , sink hole ; draining-well
puisard {m}
:: sump
puiser {v} [also, figurative]
:: to draw (for example, water from a well), to tap into
puisqu' {conj} [before vowel sound]
:: apocopic form of puisque
puisque {conj}
:: since , because
puissamment {adv}
:: powerfully
puissamment {adv}
:: much ; a lot ; greatly
puissance {f}
:: power (physical or figuratively)
puissance {f}
:: dominion (state within the British Empire)
puissance {prep} [mathematics]
:: to the power of
puissance mondiale {f}
:: world power
puissant {adj}
:: powerful ; mighty
puits {m}
:: well , shaft
puits artésien {m}
:: artesian well
puits de pétrole {m}
:: oil well
puits de science {m} [figuratively]
:: a fount of knowledge (a very knowledgeable person )
puits sans fond {m} [figuratively]
:: bottomless pit
pukeko {m}
:: pukeko
Pula {prop}
:: Pula (largest city)
pull {m}
:: pullover
pull-over {m}
:: pullover (sweater)
pulluler {vi}
:: to teem
pulluler {vi}
:: to swarm
pulmonaire {adj}
:: pulmonary
pulpaire {adj} [dentistry]
:: pulpal
pulpe {f}
:: pulp
pulpeux {adj}
:: sexually attractive , gorgeous , ravishing
pulpeux {adj}
:: pulpy
pulsatille {f}
:: pasqueflower
pulsation {f}
:: pulsation
pulsion {f} [psychology]
:: drive , urge
pulsion de mort {f}
:: death wish
pultacé {adj} [medicine]
:: pultaceous
pulvérisateur {adj}
:: pulverizing
pulvérisateur {m}
:: pulveriser
pulvérisateur {m}
:: spray , sprayer , atomizer
pulvérisation {f}
:: pulverization
pulvérisation {f}
:: spraying
pulvérisé {adj}
:: pulverized / pulverised
pulvériser {v}
:: to pulverise (grind into powder)
pulvériser {v}
:: to pulverise (defeat thoroughly)
pulvérulent {adj}
:: pulverulent
puma {m}
:: puma (mammal)
punaise {f} [entomology]
:: bug , stinkbug ; true bug (a member of order Heteroptera )
punaise {f}
:: bedbug
punaise {f}
:: tack , thumbtack , drawing pin
punaise {f} [colloquial, pejorative, of a woman]
:: a bug , a nothing (a term of abuse)
punaise {interj} [colloquial]
:: euphemistic form of putain ; darn , shoot , shucks
punaise de sacristie {f} [pejorative]
:: a Holy Mary , a zealot , a bigot , a God botherer , a Jesus freak , a Bible thumper (an excessively pious woman, a woman who spends a lot of a time in the church )
punaise des lits {f}
:: bedbug (Cimex lectularius
punaiser {vt}
:: to pin up (attach with pins)
punch {m}
:: punch (drink)
punching-ball {m}
:: punching bag
punchline {f} [hip hop]
:: Sentence of a rap song, carrying a strong message
punchline {f}
:: Strong or shocking one-sentenced statement
punctiforme {adj} [biology]
:: punctiform
punicique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: punicic
punique {adj}
:: Punic
punir {v}
:: to punish
punissable {adj}
:: punishable
punissablement {adv}
:: punishably
punisseur {adj}
:: punishing
punisseur {m}
:: punisher
punitif {adj}
:: punitive
punition {f}
:: punishment
punk {m}
:: punk
punk {adj}
:: punk
pupe {f}
:: a pupa
pupillaire {adj}
:: pupillary
pupille {f}
:: pupil (of the eye)
pupille {mf}
:: an orphan under guardianship, a ward
pupitre {m}
:: pupil 's desk , school desk
pupitre {m}
:: console , control panel
pupitre {m}
:: music stand
pupitreur {m} [computing]
:: operator
pupitreuse {f}
:: feminine noun of pupitreur
pur {adj}
:: pure (unspoilt)
pur {adj}
:: pure (undiluted)
purée {f}
:: puree
purée de pois {f} [figuratively]
:: pea-souper (dense fog)
pure laine {adj} [Quebec]
:: pertaining to old stock Quebecois
pure laine {mf} [Quebec]
:: old stock Quebecois
pure laine {mf} [literally]
:: pure wool
purement {adv}
:: purely , completely , totally
purement et simplement {adv} [idiomatic]
:: purely and simply
pur et dur {adj} [chiefly politics]
:: extreme , hard-line , uncompromising
pur et dur {adj}
:: archetypal , exemplary
pur et dur {adj} [Canadian politics]
:: pur et dur (being a hardliner of the Quebec independence movement)
pureté {f}
:: purity
purgatif {adj}
:: purgative
purgatif {m}
:: purgative
purgatoire {m}
:: purgatory (stage of the afterlife in Catholic theology)
purger {v} [medicine]
:: to purge
purger {v} [legal]
:: to serve (a sentence)
purificateur {m}
:: purifier
purificateur {adj}
:: purifying
purification {f}
:: purification
purifié {adj}
:: purified
purifier {v}
:: to purify
purifier {v}
:: to cleanse [cleanse something of impurities]
purin {m}
:: manure
purin {m}
:: any liquid -based fertilizer
purique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: purine (attributive)
purisme {m}
:: purism
puriste {mf}
:: purist
puritain {adj}
:: puritan
puritain {m}
:: Puritan
puritanisme {m}
:: Puritanism (the beliefs and practices of the Puritans)
puritanisme {m}
:: puritanism (strict and austere religious conduct)
pur jus {adj} [figuratively]
:: authentic , genuine
pur laine {adj} [Quebec]
:: alternative form of pure laine
pur laine {mf} [Quebec]
:: alternative form of pure laine
purpurique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: purpuric
purulent {adj}
:: purulent
p'us {adv} [colloquial, Louisiana French, Cajun French]
:: no longer , no more
pus {m}
:: pus
pusillanime {adj}
:: pusillanimous
pusillanimement {adv}
:: pusillanimously
pusillanimité {f}
:: pusillanimity
putaclic {adj} [attributive]
:: clickbait
putain {f} [vulgar]
:: whore , hooker
putain {f} [derogatory, vulgar, slang]
:: bitch , cow (an unpleasant woman)
putain {interj} [vulgar]
:: fuck , fucking hell , bloody hell
putain de {adj} [slang, vulgar]
:: fucking [as an intensifier]
putain de bordel de merde {interj} [vulgar]
:: holy fucking shit , Jesus fucking Christ
putain de merde {interj} [vulgar]
:: fucking hell ; holy shit ; goddamn
putanisme {m}
:: prostitution
putasse {f} [vulgar]
:: slut , whore
putasserie {f}
:: whoring
putassier {adj}
:: sensationalist (of the press)
putassier {adj}
:: camp (overly theatrical)
putatif {adj}
:: putative , assumed
putativement {adv}
:: putatively
pute {f} [vulgar]
:: whore , slut (prostitute)
pute {f} [vulgar, colloquial]
:: bitch , slut (promiscuous woman)
pute {f} [vulgar, slang]
:: fucking (used for emphasis)
Puteaux {prop}
:: A commune in the western suburbs of Paris
putet {m}
:: bird cherry (Prunus padus
putier {m}
:: bird cherry (Prunus padus
putois {m}
:: polecat (especially, the European polecat , Mustela putorius
putréfaction {f}
:: putrefaction
putréfait {adj}
:: putrefied
putréfié {adj}
:: putrefied , decomposed
putréfier {v}
:: to putrefy , to decompose
putride {adj}
:: putrid
putsch {m}
:: putsch ; military coup d'état
putschiste {mf}
:: putschist
putter {m}
:: putter (golf club)
putter {v} [golf]
:: to putt
puy {m} [geology, regional]
:: mountain , hill
Puy-de-Dôme {prop} {m}
:: Puy-de-Dôme (department)
puzzle {m}
:: jigsaw puzzle
PV {m} [legal]
:: abbreviation of procès-verbal
PV {m} [gaming]
:: abbreviation of point de vie
pycnonucléaire {adj} [physics]
:: pycnonuclear
pyélique {adj} [anatomy]
:: pyelitic
pyélocaliciel {adj} [anatomy]
:: pyelocaliceal
pyélon {m} [anatomy]
:: pyelon
Pyeong-chang {prop}
:: alternative spelling of Pyeongchang
Pyeongchang {prop}
:: Pyeongchang (county)
Pyeongchang {prop}
:: Pyeongchang (a city in the eponymous county of South Korea)
Pyeong Chang {prop}
:: alternative spelling of Pyeongchang
Pyeong-Chang {prop}
:: alternative spelling of Pyeongchang
PyeongChang {prop}
:: alternative case form of Pyeongchang
pygargue {m}
:: sea eagle
pygargue à tête blanche {m}
:: bald eagle (species of eagle native to North America, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
pygidium {m}
:: pygidium
pygmée {mf}
:: pygmy
pyine {f}
:: pyin
pyique {adj}
:: pyic
pyjama {m}
:: pyjamas
pylone {m}
:: alternative form of pylône
pylône {m}
:: pylon (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
pylône {m}
:: pylon (electric)
pylore {m} [anatomy]
:: pylorus
pylorique {adj} [anatomy]
:: pyloric
pyocyanique {adj} [biology]
:: pyocyanic
pyodermite {f}
:: pyodermitis
pyrale {f}
:: pyralid moth , snout moth , grass moth
pyrale du buis {f}
:: box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis
pyrale du maïs {f}
:: European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis
pyrale du maïs asiatique {f}
:: Asian corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis
pyramidal {adj}
:: pyramidal
pyramidalement {adv}
:: pyramidally
pyramide {f}
:: pyramid
pyramidion {m}
:: pyramidion
pyrane {m} [organic compound]
:: pyran
pyranique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pyranic
pyranomètre {m}
:: pyranometer
pyrargyrite {f} [mineral]
:: pyrargyrite
pyrène {m} [botany]
:: seed (of a fleshy fruit)
pyrène {m} [organic compound]
:: pyrene
pyrénéen {adj}
:: Pyrenean
Pyrénées {prop} {fp}
:: Pyrenees
Pyrénées-Atlantiques {prop} {fp}
:: Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Orientales {prop} {fp}
:: Pyrénées-Orientales (department)
pyrèthre {m}
:: pyrethrum (plant)
pyréthrine {f} [organic compound]
:: pyrethrin
pyréthrinoïde {m} [organic chemistry]
:: pyrethroid
pyréthroïde {m}
:: synonym of pyréthrinoïde
pyrgoïdal {adj} [obsolete]
:: In mathematics, qualifies a number that is composed of a columnar number and a pyramidal one, such that the side of the first is larger than that of the second by one
pyrhéliomètre {m}
:: pyrheliometer
pyrhéliométrique {adj}
:: pyrheliometric
pyrimidique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pyrimidine (attributive)
pyrite {m}
:: The metallic mineral pyrite
pyritisation {f} [mineralogy]
:: pyritization
pyritiser {v} [mineralogy]
:: To pyritize
pyro- {prefix}
:: pyro-
pyroacétique {adj} [obsolete, organic chemistry]
:: pyroacetic
pyrocatéchine {f} [organic compound]
:: pyrocatechin , pyrocatechol
pyrochlore {m} [mineral]
:: pyrochlore
pyroclaste {m} [geology]
:: pyroclast , tephra
pyroclastique {n}
:: pyroclastic
pyroélectrique {adj} [physics]
:: pyroelectric
pyrogallique {adj}
:: pyrogallic
pyrogène {adj}
:: pyrogenic (all senses)
pyroglutamique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pyroglutamic
pyrognostique {adj} [chemistry]
:: pyrognostic
pyrogravure {f}
:: pyrography
pyroligneux {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pyroligneous
pyrolusite {f} [mineral]
:: pyrolusite
pyrolyse {f}
:: pyrolysis (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
pyrolyser {v}
:: to pyrolyse
pyrolytique {adj}
:: pyrolytic
pyromancie {f}
:: pyromancy
pyromane {mf}
:: pyromaniac (one who is obsessed with fire)
pyromanie {f}
:: pyromania
pyromantique {adj}
:: pyromantic
pyrométallurgie {f} [metallurgy]
:: pyrometallurgy
pyrométallurgique {adj}
:: pyrometallurgic
pyromètre {m}
:: pyrometer
pyrope {m} [mineral]
:: pyrope
pyrophoricité {f}
:: pyrophoricity
pyrophorique {adj}
:: pyrophoric
pyrophosphorique {adj} [inorganic chemistry]
:: pyrophosphoric
pyroséquençage {m}
:: pyrosequencing
pyrotartrique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pyrotartaric
pyrotechnie {f}
:: pyrotechnics
pyrotechnique {adj}
:: pyrotechnic
pyrotique {adj}
:: pyrotic , caustic
pyroxanthine {f} [organic compound]
:: pyroxanthin
pyroxène {m} [mineralogy]
:: pyroxene
pyroxylique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pyroxylic
pyrrhique {adj}
:: pyrrhic
pyrrhotite {f}
:: pyrrhotite
Pyrrhus {prop} {m}
:: Pyrrhus
pyrrolique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pyrrolic
pyruvique {adj} [organic chemistry]
:: pyruvic
Pythagore {prop} {m}
:: Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
pythagoricien {adj}
:: Pythagorean
pythie {f}
:: Pythia
python {m}
:: python
Python {prop} {m}
:: Python programming language
pythonisse {f}
:: A witch (etc) who makes predictions; pythoness
pyurie {f} [pathology]
:: pyuria
