opposite; to compare; to plead, to urge. _— la force à la force_; to
oppose force to force.
_s’_=opposer=, _v.r._, to be opposed, to set one’s self against, to
resist, to stem, to object, to combat, to stand in the way (of). _S’— à
quelque chose_; to be opposed to anything. _Vous vous y opposez_; you
stand in the way.
=opposite=, _n.m._, (l.u.) opposite, contrary, reverse. _C’est tout
l’— de l’autre_; it is quite the reverse of the other. _À l’—_; over,
against, opposite. _À l’— du camp_; opposite the camp.
=opposition=, _n.f._, opposition, resistance; contrast,
contradistinction; (jur.) attachment. _Former — à la publication des
bans_; to forbid the bans. _Le parti de l’—_; the opposition (party). _—
d’humeur_; difference of temper.
=oppresser=, _v.a._, to oppress, to depress, to deject. _L’excès de
nourriture oppresse l’estomac_; excess of food oppresses the stomach. _Le
chagrin l’oppresse_; grief depresses him.
=oppresseur=, _n.m._, oppressor. _adj.m._, oppressive.
=oppressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, oppressive.
=oppression=, _n.f._, oppression.
=oppressivement= (-siv-mān), _adv._, oppressively.
=opprimant=, =-e=, _adj._, oppressing.
=opprimé=, =-e=, _part._, oppressed.
=opprimer=, _v.a._, to oppress; to overwhelm, to crush. _Malheur à ceux
qui oppriment!_ woe to the oppressors!
=opprobre=, _n.m._, opprobrium, shame, disgrace, reproach. _Être l’— de
sa famille_; to be the disgrace of one’s family.
=optati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, optative.
=optatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) optative.
=opter=, _v.n._, to choose, to declare. _Il faut qu’il opte entre ces
deux emplois_; he must choose between (for _or_ against) those two
occupations.
=opticien= (-si-in), _n.m._, optician.
=optimé= (-mé), _adv._, bravo, capital, very well, perfectly well.
=optimisme=, _n.m._, optimism.
=optimiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, optimist; of optimists.
=option=, _n.f._, option, choice. _Avoir l’—_; to have the choice. _Je
vous en laisse l’—_; I leave you the choice.
=optique=, _adj._, optic, optical. _Le nerf —_; the optic nerve.
_Illusion —_; optical illusion.
=optique=, _n.f._, optics; perspective. _Les illusions de l’—_; the
deceptions of optics. _L’— du théâtre_; stage illusion.
=opulemment= (-la-mān), _adv._, opulently.
=opulence=, _n.f._, opulence, wealth, affluence, riches. _Nager dans
l’—_; to be possessed of great wealth; to be rolling in money.
=opulent=, =-e=, _adj._, opulent, wealthy, affluent.
=opuntia= (o-pon-sia), _n.f._, (bot.) opuntia, prickly pear.
=opuscule=, _n.m._, opuscule, pamphlet, tract.
=or=, _n.m._, gold; (her.) or. _— affiné_; refined gold. _— moulu_;
ormolu. _Paillettes d’—_; gold spangles. _Vaisselle d’—_; gold plate. _—
monnayé_; gold specie. _— vierge_; native gold. _Acheter quelque chose
au poids de l’—_; to pay very dear for anything. _Être tout cousu d’—_;
to be rolling in riches. _C’est de l’— en barre_; it is as good as ready
money. _Il dit_ or _parle d’—_; he talks admirably. _Promettre des monts
d’—_; to promise all manner of things. _Tout ce qui reluit n’est pas —_;
all is not gold that glitters. _Le nombre d’—_; (astron.) the golden
number. _L’âge d’—_; the golden age. _Des jours filés d’— et de soie_;
happy days, halcyon days.
=or=, _conj._, but, now; well; pray. _— sus, commençons_; now, let us
begin. _— çà_; now, well now.
=oracle=, _n.m._, oracle. _En —_; like an oracle.
=orage=, _n.m._, storm, tempest, thunderstorm; (fig.) tumult, disorder,
calamity. _Nous aurons de l’—_; we shall have a storm, _or_ a
thunderstorm. _Un — mêlé d’éclairs et de tonnerre_; a storm with thunder
and lightning. _Chercher un abri contre l’—_; to seek shelter from
the storm. _Le temps est à l’—_; the weather is stormy _or_ thundery.
_Laisser passer l’—_; to let the storm blow over. _Les —s des passions_;
the tempests of the passions.
=orageusement=, _adv._, tempestuously, turbulently, boisterously.
=orageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, stormy, tempestuous, thundery; agitated,
restless. _Une mer —se_; a tempestuous sea. _Saison —se_; stormy season.
_Mener une vie —se_; to lead an agitated life.
=oraison=, _n.f._, speech; oration; orison, prayer. _Une — funèbre_; a
funeral oration. _Faire une —_; to say a prayer. _L’— dominicale_; the
Lord’s prayer.
=oral=, _n.m._, vail (used by the pope, and formerly by women).
=oral=, =-e=, _adj._, oral, verbal, viva voce.
=oralement= (-al-mān), _adv._, orally; verbally.
=orange=, _n.f._, orange. _— douce_; sweet orange. _Ecorce d’—_;
orange-peel. _Rouelle d’—_; slice of orange. _Fleur d’—_; orange flower.
=orangé=, =-e=, _adj._, orange-colored.
=orangé=, _n.m._, orange-color.
=orangeade= (-jad), _n.f._, orangeade.
=orangeat= (-ja), _n.m._, candied orange-peel.
=oranger=, _n.m._, orange-tree; orange-man.
=orangère=, _n.f._, orange-woman.
=orangerie= (o-ranj-rî), _n.f._, orange-house; orange-grove, orangery.
=orangiste=, _n.m._, orange-grower; orange-man.
=orang-outang=, _n.m._, orang-outang.
=orateur=, _n.m._, orator, speaker, spokesman. _— éloquent_, _véhément_;
eloquent, vehement, orator.
=oratoire=, _adj._, oratorial, oratorical. _Débit —_; oratorical
delivery. _Art —_; oratory, art of public speaking.
=oratoire=, _n.m._, private chapel; oratory; Oratory (religious order).
=oratoirement= (-toâr-mān), _adv._, oratorically.
=oratorien= (-in), _n.m._, Oratorian.
=oratorio=, _n.m._, (mus.) oratorio.
=orbe=, _n.m._, (astron.) orbit; orb. _pl._, folds, coils (of a serpent);
(ich.) orbis, orb-fish.
=orbe=, _adj._, (surg.) contusing (of blows).
=orbiculaire=, _adj._, orbicular.
=orbiculairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, orbicularly.
=orbiculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) orbicular, orbiculate, orbiculated.
=orbitaire=, _adj._, (anat.) orbital.
=orbite=, _n.f._, (astron.) orbit; (anat.) orbit, socket. _L’— de l’œil_;
the socket of the eye.
=orcanète=, _n.f._, (bot.) orchanet, alkanet, dyer’s-bugloss,
dyer’s-gromwell.
=orchestral= (-kès-), _adj._, orchestral.
=orchestration= (-kès-), _n.f._, (mus.) scoring.
=orchestre= (-kès-) _n.m._, orchestra; band.
=orchestrer= (-kès-), _v.a._, (mus.) to score.
=orchidées= _or_ =orchide= _or_ =orchie= (-ki-), _n.f.pl._, (bot.)
orchidaceæ, (bot.) orchid, orchis, fool-stone, bee-flower, gnat-flower.
=ordalie=, _n.f._, ordeal (old form of trial).
=ordinaire=, _adj._, ordinary, common, usual, customary. _Le cours —
de la nature_; the usual course of nature. _Le train — de la vie_; the
ordinary course of life.
=ordinaire=, _n.m._, ordinary; ordinary practice; daily fare; (milit.)
mess, table, ordinary allowance (of wine). _pl._, menses. _C’est un homme
au-dessus de l’—_; he is above the common run. _À l’—_; as usual. _D’—_,
_pour l’—_; usually, ordinarily.
=ordinairement= (-nèr-mān), _adv._, ordinarily, usually, commonly.
=ordinal=, _adj.m._, ordinal.
=ordinand=, _n.m._, candidate for ordination.
=ordinant=, _n.m._, ordaining bishop.
=ordination=, _n.f._, ordination.
=ordo=, _n.m._, (_—_) ordo, church-service book; (book regulating the
order of the daily service in the church).
=ordon=, _n.m._, timber-frame.
=ordonnance=, _n.f._, order, ordering, ordonnance, ordinance;
disposition, arrangement, regulation; (milit.) orderly; (med.)
prescription. _Habits d’—_; regimentals. _Officier d’—_; orderly officer.
_Par — de médecin_; acting on a doctor’s orders; by order.
=ordonnancement=, _n.m._, written order of payment.
=ordonnancer=, _v.a._, (fin.) to order the payment of, to pass (in
writing); to prescribe, to ordain; to charter.
=ordonnateur=, _n.m._, ordainer; orderer.
=ordonnat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, ordaining; ordering. _n.m.f._, orderer,
ordainer.
=ordonné=, =-e=, _part._, ordered, prescribed; ordained. _Charité bien —e
commence par soi-même_; charity begins at home.
=ordonnée=, _n.f._, (geom.) ordinate.
=ordonner=, _v.a._, to ordain, to order, to regulate; to direct, to
command, to enjoin, (med.) to prescribe; to decree; to confer holy
orders. _Il est plus aisé d’— que d’exécuter_; ordering and carrying out
are two different things. _Mon devoir me l’ordonne_; my duty commands me
to do it, enjoins it (upon me). _Le médecin a ordonné la saignée_; the
physician has prescribed bleeding.
=ordre=, _n.m._, order, word, command, mandate, warrant, management;
class; tribe. _pl._, holy orders. _Maintenir l’—_; to maintain order,
peace. _Traiter les choses par —_; to treat things in their order.
_Marcher en — de bataille_; to march in battle array. _Il est le premier
créancier en —_; he stands first on the list of creditors. _Cet homme
n’a pas d’—_; that man has no system. _Cela n’est pas dans l’—_; that
is not in order, not right. _Mot d’—_; watchword, password. _L’ancien
— de choses_; the old order of things. _J’y mettrai —_; I shall see to
it. _Un esprit du premier —_; an intellect of the highest order. _Du
premier —_; of the highest order. _Donner ses —s_; to give one’s orders.
_Un — par écrit_; a written order. _D’— et pour compte de_; (com.) by
order and on account of. _Un billet à —_; a bill to order. _De quel —
faites-vous cela?_ by whose order do you do that? _Prendre les —s_; to
go into orders. _Conférer les —s_; to ordain. _— de chevalerie_; order
of knighthood. _Mettre à l’— du jour_; (mil.) to mention in the general
orders. _En bon —_; in good order. _Rappeler à l’—_; to call to order.
_Passer à l’— du jour_; to pass to the order of the day. _Jusqu’à nouvel
—_; until further orders.
=ordure=, _n.f._, filth, dirt, dust; excrement; dirty thing. _pl._,
sweepings. _Panier aux —s_; dirt basket.
=orduri-er=, =-ère=, _n._ and _adj._, filthy blackguard; ribald; filthy.
=oréade=, _n.f._, (myth.) oread.
☉=orée=, _n.f._, border, skirt of a wood or forest.
*=oreillard=, =-e=, _adj._, (of horses) lop-eared.
*=oreille=, _n.f._, ear, hearing; tie (of shoes); fluke (of anchors);
earth-board (of plows). _pl._, ears (of a bale); end-teeth (of combs);
dog’s ears (of books). _Le tympan de l’—_; the drum of the ear. _Se
boucher les —s_; to stop one’s ears. _Avoir mal aux —s_; to have an
earache. _Avoir un tintement d’—s_; to have a tingling in one’s ears.
_Boucle d’—_; ear-ring. _Parler à l’— à quelqu’un_, _dire un mot à l’—
à quelqu’un_; to whisper a word to any one; to say a word in any one’s
ear. _Prêter l’— à_; to lend an ear to; to listen; to give ear. _Faire
la sourde —_; to turn a deaf ear. _Echauffer les —s à quelqu’un_; to
provoke any one. _Donner sur les —s à quelqu’un_; to box any one’s ears.
_Avoir la puce à l’—_; to be on the alert. _Se faire tirer l’—_; to
require pressing. _Il ne se fait guère tirer l’—_; he does not need much
pressing. _Être endetté par-dessus les —_; to be over head and ears in
debt. _Avoir les —s rebattues de quelque chose_; to be tired of hearing a
thing. _Ventre affamé n’a point d’—s_; a hungry belly has no ears. _Avoir
l’— basse_; to look downcast, _or_ chopfallen, crestfallen. _Avoir les
—s chastes_; to be offended by any gross word. _Il a bonne —_; he has a
quick ear. _Il a l’— dure_; he is hard of hearing. _Il a de l’—_; he has
a delicate ear, or an ear for music. _Cela lui entre par une — et sort
par l’autre_; that goes in at one ear and out at the other. _Tirer l’—
à quelqu’un_; to pull any one’s ear. _Dormir sur les deux —s_; to sleep
soundly; to make one’s mind quite easy. _N’écouter que d’une —_; to pay
little heed to what is said. _Venir corner à l’— de_; to din (anything)
into a person’s ears. _Je n’entends pas de cette — là_; I will not listen
to that; I don’t see it in that light. _Autant vous en pend à l’—_; you
may expect as much.
*=oreiller=, _n.m._, pillow. _Une taie d’—_; a pillow-case.
*=oreillère=, _n.f._, (ent.) earwig; (armor) ear-piece.
*=oreillette=, _n.f._, (anat.) auricle; (bot., conch., zoöl.) ear;
small-ear. _—s du cœur_; (anat.) auricles of the heart; (of a cat)
ear-lap.
*=oreillon=, _n.m._, part of a helmet covering the ear; small-ear,
handle; (zoöl.) eminence of the ears of bats; (med.) mumps [in this
sense, generally used in the plural]. _pl._, (of hides) parings.
=orémus= (-mus), _n.m._, (_—_) oremus, orison (prayer); (int.) let us
pray!
=oréographie=, _n.f._ _V._ =orographie=.
=ores= _or_ =ors=, _adv._, only used in _d’— et déjà_; from this moment.
=orfèvre=, _n.m._, goldsmith, silversmith. _— bijoutier_; goldsmith and
jeweler. _Vous êtes —, M. Josse_; you are in the trade, my dear sir; that
is a bit of special pleading; that’s not disinterested advice.
=orfèvrerie=, _n.f._, goldsmith’s art, silversmith’s trade; jewelry.
=orfévri=, =-e=, _adj._, wrought (by the goldsmith).
=orfraie=, _n.f._, sea-eagle, osprey.
=orfroi=, _n.m._, orphrey (fringe of gold).
=organdi=, _n.m._, book-muslin.
=organe=, _n.m._, organ; voice, medium, agency; mouthpiece, spokesman.
_L’— de la vue_; the organ of sight. _Cet acteur manque d’—_; that actor
has no voice.
=organeau=, _n.m._, (nav.) ring, anchor ring.
=organique=, _n.f._, (antiq.) instrumental music; mechanics, machines.
=organique=, _adj._, organic.
=organisat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, organizer; organizing.
=organisation=, _n.f._, organization, formation, arrangement;
constitution, nature, mind.
=organisé=, =-e=, _part._, organized. _Une tête bien —e_; a well-balanced
mind.
=organiser=, _v.a._, to organize; to form; to draw up; to get up, to
arrange.
_s’_=organiser=, _v.r._, to become organized; to get settled.
=organisme=, _n.m._, organism.
=organiste=, _n.m._, organist.
=organsin=, _n.m._, organzine (silk).
=organsinage=, _n.m._, organzining (silk-throwing).
=organsiner=, _v.a._, to organzine; to throw (silk).
=orgasme=, _n.m._, (med.) orgasm.
=orge=, _n.f._ [masculine with the adjectives _mondé_ and _perlé_],
barley. _— mondé_; hulled barley. _— perlé_; pearl barley. _Faire ses
—s_; to feather one’s nest. _Grossier comme du pain d’—_; as uncivil as
you like, _or_ as they make them.
=orgé=, =-e=, _adj._, mixed with barley water.
=orgeat= (or-ja), _n.m._, orgeat (liquor).
=orgelet= _or_ =orgeolet=, _n.m._, (med.) stye.
=orgie= (or-jî), _n.f._, orgy; frantic revel; drunken bout. _pl._,
(antiq.) orgies.
=orgue= (org), _n.m._, orgues, _n.f.pl._, (mus.) organ; (fort.) orgues.
_Buffet d’—s_; organ-case. _— de Barbarie_; barrel-organ. _— portatif_;
street organ. _Point d’—_; organ point. _— de mer_; organ-pipe coral.
_Facteur d’—s_; organ builder. _Jeu d’—_; organ stop. _— expressif_;
harmonium.
*=orgueil= (or-gheu-), _n.m._, pride, arrogance; ostentation, boasting.
_Être enflé_, _bouffi_, _d’—_; to be puffed up with pride.
=orgueilleusement= (or-gheu-ieûz-mān), _adv._, proudly, haughtily,
ostentatiously.
=orgueilleu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, proud, haughty person; proud,
haughty.
=orient=, _n.m._, East, Orient, rising, rise; water (of pearls).
_Les peuples d’—_; the Eastern nations. _L’empire d’—_; the Eastern
Empire. _Commerce d’—_; the East India trade. _Grand —_; grand lodge
(freemasonry).
=oriental=, =-e=, _adj._, Oriental, Eastern. _Indes —es_; India, East
India. _À l’—e_; in Eastern fashion.
=orientaliste=, _n.m._, Orientalist.
=orientation=, _n.f._, finding the cardinal points; trimming (of sails).
=orientaux=, _n.m.pl._, Orientals; Eastern nations.
=orienté=, =-e=, _part._, (nav.) set (of sails). _Bien —_; having a good
aspect. _Mal —_; in a bad aspect. _Carte bien —e_; map exactly drawn.
=orientement= (oriant-mān), _n.m._, (nav.) trim (of sails).
=orienter=, _v.a._, to set towards the East; to give the right aspect to;
(nav.) to trim (sails). _— un cadran_; to set a quadrant.
_s’_=orienter=, _v.r._, to find out the East; to take one’s bearings; to
ascertain one’s position; to see what one is about. _Laissez-moi m’—_;
let me see where I am.
=orifice=, _n.m._, orifice, aperture, hole.
=oriflamme=, _n.f._, oriflamme.
=origan=, _n.m._, (bot.) origanum, marjoram.
=originaire=, _adj._, originally come from; native of; native; first;
primitive. _Il est — d’Italie_; he is of Italian origin; he comes from
Italy.
=originairement= (-nèr-mān), _adv._, originally, primitively.
=original=, =-e=, _adj._, original, first, primitive; eccentric, queer,
odd, peculiar, quaint. _Consulter l’édition —e_; to consult the original
edition. _Le texte —_; the original text. _C’est un génie —_; he is an
original genius. _Avoir un caractère —_; to have an eccentric character.
=original=, _n.m._, original (not the copy); strange character; queer
fellow; character, oddity; (mam.) elk. _C’est un — sans copie_; he is
eccentricity itself _or_ personified. _Copié sur l’—_; copied from the
original.
=originalement= (-nal-mān), _adv._, originally, in an original manner;
singularly, oddly.
=originalité=, _n.f._, originality; eccentricity; oddity, oddness,
quaintness.
=origine=, _n.f._, origin, fountain, source; seat; spring; derivation;
extraction. _L’— d’un mot_; the origin of a word. _Il était de basse —_;
he was of mean extraction. _Dans l’—_; originally. _Dès l’—_; from the
very beginning, from the very first. _Avoir_ or _tirer son — de_; to
originate in; to have one’s origin.
=originel=, =-le=, _adj._, original, primitive. _Péché —_; original sin.
=originellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, originally.
*=original=, _n.m._, elk. [In Canada.]
*=orillard=, =-e=. _V._ =oreillard=.
*=orillon=, _n.m._, (fort.) orillon; (of a plow) mold-board; (of a
porringer) handle. _pl._, (med.) mumps (for which _oreillons_ is also
used).
=orin=, _n.m._, (nav.) buoy-rope (of an anchor).
=orion=, _n.m._, (astron.) Orion.
=oripeau=, _n.m._, orsedew; Dutch gold; tinsel; foil; faded finery,
silver lace.
=orle=, _n.m._, (arch.) orle, orlet, orlo; (her.) orle.
=orléans=, _n.m._, light cloth for summer wear.
=ormaie= _or_ =ormoie=, _n.f._, elm-grove.
=orme=, _n.m._, elm. _— tilleul_; wych-elm. _Attendre sous l’—_; to wait
till doomsday.
=ormeau=, _n.m._, young elm.
*=ormille=, _n.f._, hedge of young elms.
=ormin=, _n.m._, (bot.) annual clary.
=ormoie=, _n.f._ _V._ =ormaie=.
=orne=, _n.m._, (bot.) ornus, flowering-ash.
=orné=, =-e=, _part._, adorned, ornamented, decked (with).
=ornemaniste= _or_ =ornementiste=, _n.m._, (arch.) ornament-maker.
=ornement=, _n.m._, ornament, embellishment; (mus.) grace-note.
=ornemental=, _adj._, ornamental.
=ornementation=, _n.f._, ornamentation.
=orner=, _v.a._, to adorn, to ornament, to decorate, to grace, to bedeck,
to embellish, to deck. _Les vertus ornent l’âme_; virtues embellish the
soul. _— son esprit_; to adorn one’s mind.
=ornière=, _n.f._, rut (of a road); old track, beaten path. _Il est
retombé dans l’—_; he has fallen back into the old track.
=ornithogale=, _n.m._, (bot.) ornithogalum, star-of-Bethlehem.
=ornitholithe=, _n.m._, ornitholite.
=ornithologie=, _n.f._, ornithology.
=ornithologiste= _or_ =ornithologue=, _n.m._, ornithologist.
=ornithomance= _or_ =ornithomancie=, _n.f._, ornithomancy.
=ornithorynque=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) ornithorhynchus, water-mole.
=orobanche=, _n.f._, (bot.) orobanche, broom-rape, strangleweed.
=orobe=, _n.f._, (bot.) orobus, bitter-vetch.
=orographie=, _n.f._, orography.
=orologie=, _n.f._, orology.
=oronge=, _n.f._, (bot.) orange-agaric. _Fausse —_; amanita muscaria,
fly-agaric.
*=orpailleur=, _n.m._, gold-finder, gold-seeker.
=orphelin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, orphan, orphaned.
=orphelinat=, _n.m._, orphan-asylum, orphanage.
=orphéon=, _n.m._, orpheon, choral society; choral-singing.
=orphéoniste=, _n.m._, choral singer.
=orphie=, _n.f._, garfish.
=orphique=, _adj._, Orphic.
=orphique=, _n.m._, votary of Orpheus.
=orphiques=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) orgies, feasts in honor of Bacchus.
=orpiment=, _n.m._, orpiment.
=orpimenter=, _v.a._, to color with orpiment.
=orpin=, _n.m._, (bot.) orpine; (min.) orpiment.
=orque=, _n.m._, (ich.) ork. _V._ =épaulard=.
=ors=, _adv._ _V._ =ores=.
*=orseille=, _n.f._, (bot.) orchela; dyer’s moss.
=ort=, _adj. invariable_, (com.) gross weight. _Peser —_; to weigh gross
weight.
*=orteil=, _n.m._, toe; great toe. _Se dresser sur ses —s_; to stand on
tip-toe.
=orthodoxe=, _adj._, orthodox.
=orthodoxie=, _n.f._, orthodoxy.
=orthodromie=, _n.f._, orthodromy.
=orthoépie=, _n.f._, orthoëpy.
=orthogonal=, =-e=, _adj._, orthogonal.
=orthogonalement=, _adv._, in a right angle.
=orthogone=, _adj._, (geom.) orthogonal.
=orthographe=, _n.f._, orthography, spelling. _Faute d’—_; mistake in
spelling.
=orthographie=, _n.f._, (arch., bot., geom., persp.) orthography.
=orthographier=, _v.a._ and _n._, to spell.
=orthographique=, _adj._, orthographical, orthographic. _Dessin —_;
orthographical drawing.
=orthographiste=, _n.m._, orthographer.
=orthopédie=, _n.f._, orthopædy.
=orthopédique=, _adj._, orthopædic.
=orthopédiste=, _n.m._, orthopædist.
=orthopnée=, _n.f._, orthopnœa.
=orthoptère=, _n.m._ and _adj._, orthopterous insect; orthopterous.
=orthoptères=, _n.m.pl._, orthoptera, orthopterans.
=ortie= (or-tî), _n.f._, nettle; (vet.) rowel. _Jeter aux —s_; to throw
to the dogs, to cast off. _Jeter son froc aux —s_; to be unfrocked (of
monks).
=ortié=, =-e=, _adj._, nettled. _Fièvre —e_; nettle-rash.
=ortive=, _adj._, (astron.) ortive.
=ortolan=, _n.m._, (orni.) ortolan.
=orvale=, _n.f._, (bot.) clary, orval.
=orvet=, _n.m._, (erpetology) slow-worm.
=orviétan=, _n.m._, orvietan, nostrum. _Marchand d’—_; quack-doctor.
=oryctographie=, _n.f._, oryctography.
=oryctologie=, _n.f._, oryctology.
=oryctologiste= _or_ =oryctologue=, _n.m._, oryctologist.
=os= (ô), _n.m._, bone. _L’— de la jambe_; the shin-bone. _— de
l’épaule_; shoulder-blade. _— à ronger_; bone to pick; sop; nut to crack.
_Jusqu’à la moelle des —_; to the bones. _Elle n’a que la peau et les —_;
she is nothing but skin and bones. _Rompre les — à quelqu’un_; to beat
any one unmercifully. _Ne pas faire de vieux —_; not to live long. _Être
trempé_, or _percé_, _jusqu’aux —_; to be wet through or to the skin.
=oscillant=, =-e=, _adj._, oscillating.
=oscillation= (-sil-la-), _n.f._, oscillation, vibration, swing.
=oscillatoire= (-sil-la-), _adj._, oscillatory.
=osciller= (os-sil-lé), _v.n._, to oscillate, to swing, to vibrate, to
fluctuate, to waver. _— entre deux opinions_; to be undecided, to waver
between two opinions.
=oscitant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) oscitant, gaping, yawning.
=oscitation=, _n.f._, oscitancy, gaping.
=osculat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (geom.) osculatory.
=osculation=, _n.f._, (geom.) osculation.
=osé=, =-e=, _adj._, bold, daring; attempted, ventured.
*=oseille=, _n.f._, sorrel.
=oser=, _v.a._, to dare, to be so bold as, to venture. _Vous n’osez
rien_; you won’t venture anything.
=oser=, _v.n._, to dare, to venture, to presume, to attempt. _Je
n’oserais_, _je n’ose_; I dare not. _Si j’ose le dire_; if I may venture
so to speak. _Oserai-je le dire?_ can I venture to say it? _Oseriez-vous
le blâmer?_ would you dare to blame him?
=oseraie= (ô-zrê), _n.f._, osier-bed.
=osier=, _n.m._, osier, withy, wicker. _Un panier d’—_; a wicker-basket.
=osmazôme=, _n.f._, (chem.) osmazome.
=osmium=, _n.m._ (n.p.), (chem.) osmium.
=osmonde=, _n.f._, (bot.) osmund.
=ossature=, _n.f._, (anat.) osseous frame-work, skeleton.
=osselet= (o-slê), _n.m._, ossicle, small bone; knuckle-bone; (vet.)
osselet.
=ossements= (os-mān), _n.m.pl._, bones (of dead bodies).
=osseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, bony, osseous.
=ossianique=, _adj._, of Ossian.
=ossification=, _n.f._, ossification.
=ossifier=, _v.a._, to ossify.
_s’_=ossifier=, _v.r._, to become ossified.
=ossu=, =-e=, _adj._, large boned, bony.
=ossuaire=, _n.m._, ossuary, charnel-house.
=ostéine=, _n.f._, (chem.) osseine (substance extracted from bones).
=ostensible=, _adj._, ostensible, visible.
=ostensiblement=, _adv._, ostensibly, visibly.
=ostensoir= _or_ =ostensoire=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) monstrance, remonstrance.
=ostentat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, ostentatious person;
ostentatious.
=ostentation=, _n.f._, ostentation, show, boast. _Faire — de ses
richesses_; to parade one’s wealth.
=ostéocolle=, _n.f._, osteocolla, bone-glue.
=ostéocope=, _adj._, of the bones. _Douleur —_; osteocope.
=ostéogénie=, _n.f._, osteogeny.
=ostéographie=, _n.f._, osteography.
=ostéolithe=, _n.m._, petrified bone.
=ostéologie=, _n.f._, osteology.
=ostéotomie=, _n.f._, osteotomy.
=ostracé=, =-e=, _adj._, ostraceous.
=ostraciser=, _v.a._, to ostracize, to banish.
=ostracisme=, _n.m._, ostracism, banishment. _Frapper d’—_; to ostracize,
to banish.
=ostracite=, _n.f._, (foss.) ostracite.
=ostréiculteur=, _n.m._, oyster-grower.
=ostréiculture=, _n.f._, oyster-culture.
=ostrogot=, _n.m._, Ostrogoth; barbarian, savage, fool.
=otage=, _n.m._, hostage, pledge. _En —_; as a hostage.
=otalgie=, _n.f._, otalgia, ear-ache.
=ôté=, _prep._, except, save, but, barring. _— cela, je ferai tout_; I’ll
do everything but that.
=ôter=, _v.a._, to take away; to remove; to deprive; to take off, to
deduct; to take out; to pull off; to set aside; to rid (of). _Otez cette
table de là_; take that table away. _Otez la nappe_; take away the cloth.
_Je ne puis m’— cela de la tête_; I can’t get that out of my head. _— sa
cravate_, _son manteau_, _son chapeau_, _ses souliers_; to take off one’s
neckcloth, cloak, hat, shoes. _— son gilet_; to pull off one’s waistcoat.
_— son chapeau à quelqu’un_; to take off one’s hat to any one. _On lui a
ôté sa place_; they have deprived him of his situation. _Cette eau ôte
les taches_; that water removes stains.
_s’_=ôter=, _v.r._, to remove; to get away; to be moved, to be taken
away, to take one’s self off; to stand out. _Otez-vous de devant mes
yeux_; get out of my sight. _Otez-vous du chemin_; stand out of the way.
_Ote-toi de là que je m’y mette_; make room for me.
=ottoman=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Ottoman.
=ottomane=, _n.f._, ottoman (sofa).
=ou=, _conj._, or, either, else, or else. _Mort — vif_; either dead or
alive.
=où=, _adv._, where, whither; at which; in which; to which; through
which; when, that. _— suis-je?_ where am I? _— en suis-je?_ how do
matters stand? _— allez-vous?_ where are you going? _D’—?_ whence? where
... from. _D’— est-il?_ what countryman is he? _D’— savez-vous cela?_ how
do you know that? _D’— vient que?_ how is it that? _Par —?_ which way?
_L’état — il est_; the condition in which he is. _Le but — il tend_; the
end he has in view. _— en êtes vous avec lui?_ upon what terms are you
with him? _Partout —_; wherever. _Le moment — je vous ai quitté_; the
moment when _or_ just as I left you. _— en êtes vous de votre travail?_
how far have you got with your work; what progress have you made?
☉*=ouaille=, _n.f._, sheep. _pl._, flock (of a pastor).
=ouais!= _int._, heyday! whish! dear me! bless my soul!
=ouate=, _n.f._, wadding, padding; cotton-wool. _Doublé de —_; wadded,
lined with wadding.
=ouater=, _v.a._, to wad, to pad. _Ouaté_; velvety.
=oubli=, _n.m._, forgetfulness, neglect, oblivion; oversight,
inadvertence, omission, slip; breach. _Mettre en —_; to forget.
_Ensevelir dans l’—_; to bury in oblivion. _Tomber dans l’—_; to sink
into oblivion, to fall into neglect.
=oubliable=, _adj._, liable to be forgotten; that deserves to be
forgotten.
☉=oubliance=, _n.f._ _V._ =oubli=.
=oublie=, _n.f._, a kind of very thin pastry; wafer.
=oublier=, _v.a._, to forget, to be unmindful of; to omit, to leave
out. _— son devoir_; to forget one’s duty. _N’oubliez pas les pauvres_;
remember the poor. _— une injure_; to forget an injury. _Oublions le
passé_; let bygones be bygones.
_s’_=oublier=, _v.r._, to forget one’s self; to neglect one’s affairs,
to be forgotten. _Les parvenus s’oublient facilement_; upstarts easily
forget themselves.
=oubliettes=, _n.f.pl._, oubliettes; (fig.) trap-dungeon. _Mettre aux —_;
to consign to oblivion.
=oublieur=, _n.m._, muffin-man.
=oublieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, forgetful, oblivious, unmindful.
=ouest= (ou-èst), _n.m._, West, westerly, western. _Un vent d’—_; a
westerly wind. _À l’—_; westward, in a westerly direction; westerly (of
the wind). _Vents d’—_; westerly winds. _L’Ouest_; (rail) the Great
Western of France.
=ouf!= _int._, oh!
=oui=, _adv._, yes. _—-da_; yes, indeed, willingly. _Il ne m’a répondu ni
— ni non_; he gave me no positive answer. _Dire_, _parier_, _assurer que
—_; to say, to bet, to assure that it is so. _Il a dit que —_ or _il a
dit —_; he said yes.
=oui=, _n.m._, yes. _Dire le grand —_; to marry, to pronounce the fatal
word “I will.” _Le — et le non_; yes and no. _Pour un — et un non_; for
the least thing. _Les — et les non_; the ayes and noes.
=ouï=, =-e=, _part._, heard. _J’ai — dire_; I have heard say. _J’ai —
parler de_; I have heard of.
=ouï-dire=, _n.m._, (_—_) hearsay.
=ouïe=, _n.f._, hearing. _Avoir l’— bonne_; to be quick of hearing.
=ouïe=, _n.f._, hole (of a violin, etc.). _pl._, gills (of fish).
*=ouillage=, _n.m._, ullage; filling up of a cask of wine.
=ouiller=, _v.a._, to fill up, to refresh, to add to, to replace in a
cask the quantity which has disappeared by leakage, etc.
=ouïr=, _v.a._, to hear.
=ouistiti=, _n.m._, striated monkey.
=ouragan=, _n.m._, hurricane, tornado.
=ourdir=, _v.a._, to warp; to plot, to brew, to hatch, to concoct. _— une
toile_; to warp a cloth. _— une trahison_; to plot a treacherous deed. _—
un complot_; to hatch a plot.
=ourdissage=, _n.m._, warping.
=ourdisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, warper.
=ourdissoir=, _n.m._, warp-beam.
=ourdissure=, _n.f._, warping.
=ourler=, _v.a._, to hem (needlework). _— à jour_; to hemstitch.
=ourlet=, _n.m._, hem.
=ours= (oors), _n.m._, bear. _Un — mal léché_; an unlicked cub, an
ill-bred fellow. _Il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l’— avant qu’on l’ait
pris_; you must not count your chickens before they are hatched. _C’est
un —_; he is a bear. _Chasse à l’—_; bear-hunt.
=ourse=, _n.f._, she-bear; (astron.) Ursa. _La grande —_; Ursa Major, the
Greater Bear. _La petite —_; Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear.
=oursin=, _n.m._, sea-urchin.
=ourson=, _n.m._, bear’s cub.
=ourvari=, _n.m._ _V._ =hourvari=.
=outarde=, _n.f._, (orni.) bustard.
=outardeau=, _n.m._, (orni.) young bustard.
=outil= (oo-ti), _n.m._, tool, implement.
*=outillage=, _n.m._, stock of tools.
*=outillé=, =-e=, _adj._, furnished with tools.
*=outiller=, _v.a._, to furnish with tools.
=outrage=, _n.m._, outrage, gross insult, abuse; injury. _Souffrir un —_;
to brook an outrage. _Faire un — à_; to commit an outrage upon.
=outrageant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, outrageous; insulting, abusive.
=outrager=, _v.a._, to outrage, to insult, to shock, to offend. _— la
pudeur_; to commit an outrage upon decency.
=outrageusement= (-jeûz-mān), _adv._, outrageously, insultingly.
=outrageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, outrageous.
=outrance=, _n.f._, extreme; excess. _À —_; with a vengeance; to the
death. _À toute —_; beyond measure.
=outre=, _n.f._, leather bottle.
=outre=, _adv._, further, beyond. _Passer —_; to go on, to take no notice
of a thing, to pass over; (jur.) to proceed. _D’— en —_; through and
through.
=outre=, _prep._, beyond; besides, in addition to, above. _D’—-mer_; from
beyond the seas, across the channel. _— cela_; besides that.
=outre que=, _conj._, besides.
=outré=, =-e=, _adj._, exaggerated, far-fetched; incensed; strained,
excessive, undue. _Pensée —e_; extravagant thought. _Des louanges — es_;
excessive praise. _Il est — en tout_; he is far-fetched in everything.
=outrecuidance=, _n.f._, presumption; overweening conceit.
=outrecuidant=, =-e=, _adj._, overweening, presumptuous, conceited.
☉=outrecuidé=, =-e=, _adj._, presumptuous, overweening.
=outrement=, _adv._, (l.u.) excessively, beyond measure.
=outremer=, _n.m._, ultra-marine (color).
=outrepasse=, _n.f._, extra-cuttings (of wood).
=outrepasser=, _v.a._, to go beyond, to exceed, to transgress. _— ses
pouvoirs_; to exceed one’s powers.
=outrer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to exaggerate, to overdo; ☉to overwhelm; to
incense; to strain. _— un cheval_; to strain a horse. _C’est un homme qui
outre tout_; he is a man who overdoes everything.
=ouvert=, =-e=, _part._, open, unfortified (of towns). _À livre —_; at
sight. _Parler à cœur —_; to speak unreservedly, frankly. _Chanter à
livre —_; to sing at sight. _Compte —_; (com.) running account. _À bureau
—_; on presentation, on demand.
=ouvertement=, _adv._, openly, frankly.
=ouverture=, _n.f._, opening; aperture, chasm, gap, hole, chink;
overture, beginning; orifice, means, way; width (of a door). _L’— était
assez large pour qu’il passât_; the opening was wide enough to enable him
to pass. _Faire des —s de paix_; to make overtures of peace. _L’— était
bien belle_; the overture was very fine. _L’— de la chasse_; the opening
of the shooting season. _— d’esprit_; quick-wittedness.
=ouvrable=, _adj._, working, workable. _Jour —_; working-day, week-day.
=ouvrage=, _n.m._, work, piece of work; performance, workmanship; job.
_— de brique_; brick-work. _Se mettre à l’—_; to set to work. _— à
l’aiguille_; needlework.
=ouvragé=, =-e=, _adj._, wrought, worked, figured.
=ouvrager=, _v.a._, to work, to figure.
=ouvrant=, =-e=, _adj._, opening. _À jour —_; at break of day, at
daybreak.
=ouvré=, =-e=, _adj._, diapered; wrought.
=ouvreau=, _n.m._, side-hole (of furnaces).
=ouvrer=, _v.a._, to work; to diaper; to coin. _— la monnaie_; to coin
money.
☉=ouvrer=, _v.n._, to work.
=ouvreu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, opener. _—se de loges_; (thea.)
box-keeper.
=ouvrier=, _n.m._, workman, artisan; mechanic, operative, journeyman.
_— à la journée_; day-laborer. _À l’œuvre on connaît l’—_; the workman
is known by his work. _Mauvais — n’a jamais bons outils_; a bad workman
always blames his tools.
=ouvri-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, operative, working. _Jour —_; working-day.
_La classe —ère_; the working-classes. _Cheville —ère_; pole-bolt (of a
coach); (fig.) prime mover.
=ouvrière=, _n.f._, workwoman.
=ouvrir= (ouvrant, ouvert), _v.a._, to open, to unclose, to set open;
to sharpen (the appetite); to broach (opinion); to subject to. _— la
terre_; to dig open the earth. _Cela ouvre l’appétit_; that sharpens the
appetite. _— son cœur à quelqu’un_; to unbosom one’s self to any one.
_s’_=ouvrir=, _v.r._, to open for one’s self, to disclose one’s self; to
open one’s mind. _S’— un passage_ or _un chemin_; to cut a way for one’s
self (through). _S’— à quelqu’un_; to open one’s mind to any one.
=ouvrir=, _v.n._, to open, to expand, to spread.
=ouvroir=, _n.m._, workshop; work-room.
=ovaire=, _n.m._, (anat.) ovary; (bot.) ovary.
=ovalaire=, _adj._, (anat.) oval.
=ovale=, _n.m._ and _adj._, oval.
=ovariotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) amputation of a diseased ovary.
=ovation=, _n.f._, ovation.
=ove=, _n.m._, (arch.) ovolo.
=ové=, =-e=, _adj._, ovate, ovated.
=ovicule=, _n.m._, small ovolo.
=oviducte=, _n.m._, (anat.) oviduct.
=ovine=, _adj._, ovine.
=ovipare=, _n.m._ and _adj._, oviparous animal; oviparous.
=ovoïde=, _adj._, ovoid.
=ovule=, _n.m._, (physiology) ovule, ovulum.
=oxalate=, _n.m._, (chem.) oxalate.
=oxalide=, _n.f._, (bot.) oxalis.
=oxalique=, _adj._, oxalic.
=oxycrat=, _n.m._, oxycrate (beverage).
=oxydabilité=, _n.f._, oxidability.
=oxydable=, _adj._, oxidable.
=oxydation=, _n.f._, oxidation.
=oxyde=, _n.m._, (chem.) oxide.
=oxyder=, _v.a._, (chem.) to oxidate.
_s’_=oxyder=, _v.r._, to be, to become oxidized.
=oxygénable=, _adj._, (chem.) oxygenizable.
=oxygénation=, _n.f._, (chem.) oxygenation.
=oxygène=, _n.m._, (chem.) oxygen.
=oxygéner=, _v.a._, (chem.) to oxygenate.
=oxygone=, _adj._, (geom.) oxygonal, oxygonial.
=oxymel=, _n.m._, oxymel.
=oxyrrhodin=, _n.m._, (pharm.) oxyrrhodine.
=oyant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) auditor, hearer.
=ozène=, _n.f._, ozæna.
=ozone=, _n.m._, (chem.) ozone.
=ozonisation=, _n.f._, ozonization.
=ozonomètre=, _n.m._, ozonometer.
P
=p=, _n.m._, the sixteenth letter of the alphabet, p.
=p.= (initial letter of Père), father (priest).
=p.= (initial letter of Pour), (com.) per.
=paca=, _n.m._, kind of guinea-pig.
=pacage=, _n.m._, pasture-land.
=pacager=, _v.n._, (jur.) to pasture.
=in pace=, _n.m._ _V._ =in pace=.
=pacha=, _n.m._ (_—s_), pacha, bashaw.
=pachalik= (pa-ka-lik), _n.m._ (_—s_), pachalic.
=pachyderme=, _n.m._ and _adj._, pachyderm; pachydermatous.
=pacificat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, pacificator, pacifier;
pacifying, peace-maker.
=pacification=, _n.f._, pacification, peace-making, appeasement;
adjustment.
=pacifier=, _v.a._, to pacify, to appease; to still, to calm. _Se —_; to
become, _or_ to be, pacified.
=pacifique=, _adj._, pacific, peaceable, peaceful.
=pacifiquement= (-fik-mān), _adv._, peacefully, peaceably, quietly.
=pacotille=, _n.f._, (com.) venture, pack, bale, trumpery wares;
quantity, stock; seaman’s venture. _Marchandises de —_; slops; slop-made,
ready-made, cheap, goods; salework.
=pacotiller=, _v.n._, to traffic in, _or_ take out, small ventures.
=pacotilleur=, _n.m._, small sea-trader.
=pacte=, _n.m._, compact, contract, pact, agreement.
=pactiser=, _v.n._, to covenant, to make a compact with, to compound
(with).
=pactole=, _n.m._, Pactolus; (fig.) a source of great wealth.
=padischa=, _n.m._, (_—s_) the Sultan of Turkey.
=padou=, _n.m._, ferret, narrow tape.
=padouane=, _n.f._, Paduan coin (imitation of an ancient medal).
=paf=, _int._, slap! bang!
_se_ =paffer=, _v.r._, (pop.) to booze, to get drunk.
=pæan= (pé-an), _n.m._, pæan.
=pagaie=, _n.f._, paddle (of a canoe). _Aller à la —_; (nav.) to paddle.
_en_ =pagale=, _adv._, hurriedly, in disorder; in bulk, unpacked.
=paganisme=, _n.m._, paganism, heathenism.
=pagayer=, _v.a._ and _n._, (nav.) to paddle.
=pagayeur=, _n.m._, paddler.
=page=, _n.m._, page (person). _Être hors de —_; to be one’s own master.
=page=, _n.f._, page (of a book). _Le haut_, _le bas_, _d’une —_; the
top, the bottom, of a page. _Mettre en —s_; (print.) to make up, to
click. _Metteur en —s_; clicker, maker-up.
=pagination=, _n.f._, paging.
=paginer=, _v.a._, to page, to folio.
*=pagne=, _n.m._, cotton drawers (negro’s).
*=pagnon=, _n.m._, black broadcloth.
=pagode=, _n.f._, pagoda. _Manche —_; wide sleeve.
=paie=, _n.f._ _V._ =paye=.
=paiement= _or_ =paîment=, _n.m._ _V._ =payement=.
=païen=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, pagan, heathen. _Les dieux des —s_; the
gods of the pagans.
*=paillard=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (l.ex.) wanton, lewd person, rake,
boon-companion; lecherous, lewd, broad, racy.
*=paillarder=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to practise lewdness, to play the wanton.
*=paillardise=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) lechery, lewdness, wantonness.
*=paillasse=, _n.f._, straw mattress, palliasse; ticking, tick.
=paillasse=, _n.m._, clown, merry-andrew.
*=paillasson=, _n.m._, straw-matting; straw-mat; mat, door-mat; window
pad.
*=paille=, _n.f._, straw; chaff; flaw (of gems, of metals); (manu.)
chip; mote. _Menue —_; chaff. _Brin de —_; bit of straw. _Botte de —_;
truss _or_ bottle of straw. _Chapeau de —_; straw-hat. _Couleur —_;
straw-colored. _Homme de —_; man-of-straw. _Un feu de —_; straw fire,
sudden, short blaze. _Tirer à la courte —_; to draw lots, to draw cuts.
_Rompre la — avec quelqu’un_; to fall out with any one. _Ce diamant a une
—_; that diamond has a flaw in it. _Mourir sur la —_; to die a miserable
death; to die in the gutter. _Être sur la —_; to be miserably poor. _Cela
enlève la —_; that takes the cake. _Tout, — et blé_; everything, to the
last penny.
*=paille=, _adj. invariable_, straw-colored.
*=paillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) diapered; covered with straw; flawy (of
metals); straw-colored.
*=paille-en-queue=, _n.m._, (_—_) tropic-bird, phaeton.
*=pailler=, _n.m._, farm-yard, heap of straw, straw-rick, dunghill.
_Chapon de —_; barn-door capon. _Être sur son —_; to be in one’s
stronghold.
*=paill-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of farm-yards.
*=paillet=, _adj._, pale (of red wine).
*=pailleter=, _v.a._, to spangle.
*=paillette=, _n.f._, spangle.
*=pailleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, dealer in straw.
*=pailleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, flawy (of metals). _Du fer —_; flawy iron.
*=paillon=, _n.m._, wisp of straw, large spangle; bit of solder.
=pain=, _n.m._, bread, loaf; cake (of color, etc.). _Un —_; a loaf. _Du
—_; some bread. _Un petit —_; a roll. _— mollet_; soft bread. _Du — bis_;
brown bread. _Du — frais_, _du — tendre_; new bread. _Du — rassis_; stale
bread. _— de munition_; regulation bread. _— sans levain_; unleavened
bread. _— de ménage_; home-made bread, household bread. _Manger son —
blanc le premier_; to have the best of one’s life first, _or_ to have
one’s happiest days over. _— chapelé_; rasped bread. _Il sait son —
manger_; he knows how to shift for himself. _Ne pas valoir le — qu’on
mange_; not to be worth one’s salt. _— quotidien_; daily bread. _Mettre
à quelqu’un le — à la main_; to give any one his bread. _Avoir son —
cuit_; to have a competency, to have enough to live on. _Avoir du — sur
la planche_; to have saved money. _— de sucre_; sugar-loaf. _— de savon_;
cake of soap. _— bénit_; consecrated bread. _C’est — bénit_; it serves
him right. _C’est un long jour qu’un jour sans —_; ’tis a long lane that
has no turning. _Un — à cacheter_; a wafer. _— d’épice_; gingerbread.
_Tel grain tel —_; as you sow, you must mow. _Faire passer le goût du —_;
(fam.) to kill, to do for.
=pair=, _adj._, even (of numbers); similar. _Non —_; odd. _— ou non_; odd
or even.
=pair=, _n.m._, peer; equal; par; equality; fellow, equal footing, common
level; (of birds) mate. _Le change est au —_; the exchange is at par. _Au
—_; at par; not behindhand (with one’s task); with board and lodging, but
no salary. _Être jugé par ses —s_; to be tried by one’s peers. _Sans —_;
matchless. _Nous voilà — à —_; now, we are even. _De —_; on a par, on an
equality. _Aller de — avec quelqu’un_; to go cheek by jowl with any one.
_Marcher de — avec_; to be on an equal footing with. _Traiter quelqu’un
de — à compagnon_; to be hail-fellow well met with any one. _Hors de —_;
beyond comparison, beyond compare, above the level of others.
=paire=, _n.f._, pair, brace, couple. _Une — de bœufs_; a pair of oxen.
_Une — de ciseaux_; a pair of scissors. _Les deux font la —_; they are
well-matched.
=pairement= (pèr-mān), _adv._, (arith.) evenly.
=pairesse=, _n.f._, peeress.
=pairie=, _n.f._, peerage.
=paisible=, _adj._, peaceable, peaceful, quiet, still, calm. _Sommeil —_;
peaceful sleep. _Mener une vie —_; to lead a peaceful life.
=paisiblement=, _adv._, peaceably, peacefully.
=paisson=, _n.f._, pasture (in forests).
=paître= (paissant, pu), _v.a._ and _n._, to graze, to feed, to tend.
_Mener — des moutons_; to drive sheep to pasture. _Envoyer — quelqu’un_;
to send any one about his business. _Allez —_; go about your business.
_se_ =paître=, _v.r._, to feed (on).
=paix=, _n.f._, peace; quiet; rest, stillness, silence; (c.rel.)
osculatory, pax. _Troubler la — de_; to disturb the peace of. _Garder
la —_; to keep the peace. _— fourrée_, _— plâtrée_; hypocritical peace,
patched-up peace. _Laissez-moi en —_; let me alone. _Il a fait sa —_; he
has made his peace. _Ne donner ni — ni trève à quelqu’un_; to leave no
one any rest. _Donner_, _laisser_, _ficher la — à_; to leave any one
alone; not to bother any one.
=paix!= _int._, peace! be quiet!
=pal=, _n.m._, (_—s_, or _paux_) pale, stake (punishment); (her.) pale.
=paladin=, _n.m._, paladin, champion, knight-errant. _C’est un vrai —_;
he is a perfect knight-errant.
=palais=, _n.m._, palace; mansion; court of justice; law-courts; hall;
palate (of the mouth); taste. _Terme de —_; law term. _Style du —_,
_style de —_; law style. _— de justice_; law-courts. _Jour de —_; court
day.
=palan=, _n.m._, (nav.) tackle, hoisting gear.
=palanche=, _n.f._, yoke (for carrying pails).
=palançons=, _n.m.pl._, (mas.) props (to support mud-walls till they are
dry).
=palanque=, _n.f._, (fort.) blindage, blind; stockade.
=palanquer=, _v.a._, to hoist, to haul on a tackle.
=palanquin=, _n.m._, palanquin.
=palastre=, _n.m._, case (of a lock).
=palatale=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, (gram.) palatal.
=palatin=, =-e=, _adj._, Palatine.
=palatin=, _n.m._, Palatine.
=palatin=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) of the palate.
=palatinat=, _n.m._, Palatinate.
=palatine=, _n.f._, wife of a Palatine; Palatine princess; fur-tippet;
tippet, victorine.
=pale=, _n.f._, sluice, flood-gate; blade (of an oar); paddle-board;
(c.rel.) pall; (orni.) spoon-bill.
=pâle=, _adj._, pale, wan, pallid; ghastly. _— comme la mort_; as pale as
death. _— de colère_; pale with rage. _Un peu —_; palish, somewhat pale.
_Bleu —_; pale blue. _—s couleurs_; (med.) chlorosis, green-sickness.
_Cet ouvrage est d’un style —_; the style of that work is tame _or_
colorless.
=paléage=, _n.m._, shoveling.
=palée=, _n.f._, row of stakes, of pales.
=palefrenier= (pal-frē-nié), _n.m._, groom, ostler.
=palefroi= (pal-froa), _n.m._, palfrey.
=palémon=, _n.m._, prawn.
=paléographe=, _n.m._, paleographer.
=paléographie=, _n.f._, paleography (study of ancient writings).
=paléontologie=, _n.f._, paleontology.
=paléontologique=, _adj._, paleontological.
=paléontologiste=, _n.m._, paleontologist.
=paléothérium=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (foss.) paleotherium.
=paleron= (pa-lron), _n.m._, shoulder-blade, shoulder-bone.
=palestine=, _n.f._, (print.) two-line pica.
=palestre=, _n.f._, (antiq.) palestra.
=palestrique=, _adj._, (antiq.) palestrian, palestric.
=palestrique=, _n.f._, (antiq.) palestra (exercises).
=palet=, _n.m._, quoit. _Jouer au —_; to play at quoits.
=paletot= (pal-to), _n.m._, paletot; great coat; overcoat. _— pilote_;
pilot-coat. _— sac_; sack-coat.
=palette=, _n.f._, battledore, racket, bat; (paint.) pallet; palette;
(surg.) pallet; (gilding) pallet; (horl.) pallet; (tech.) float-board,
blade. _Sentir la —_; to smack of the pallet.
=palétuvier=, _n.m._, (bot.) mangrove, mangle; button-tree.
=pâleur=, _n.f._, paleness, wanness, tameness, ghastliness. _— mortelle_;
deathlike pallor.
=pali=, _n.m._, (philol.) Pahli, Pali. _Etudier le —_; to study Pahli,
the Pali language.
=pâli=, =-e=, _adj._, grown pale.
=palier=, _n.m._, landing; landing-place (of a staircase); stair-head,
flat, floor. _Demeurer sur le même —_; to live on the same floor. _Un
homme est fort sur son —_; every man is a king in his own house.
=palière=, _n.f._, top-stair. _Porte —_; landing-door.
=palification=, _n.f._, (engineering) palification, pile-driving.
=palimpseste=, _n.m._, palimpsest.
=palingénésie=, _n.f._, palingenesia, palingenesy, regeneration.
=palinod=, _n.m._, palinod (verses made in honor of the Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin).
=palinodie=, _n.f._, palinody, recantation. _Chanter la —_; (fam., fig.)
to retract, to recant.
=pâlir=, _v.n._, to grow, to turn, to become pale, to grow dim, to pale.
_Son étoile pâlit_; his star is on the wane. _— sur les livres_; to pore
over books.
=pâlir=, _v.a._, to turn, to make pale; to bleach. _Le vinaigre pâlit les
lèvres_; vinegar bleaches the lips. _Faire —_; to throw into the shade;
to pale; to eclipse; to frighten.
=palis=, _n.m._, pale, paling; inclosure, fence.
=palissade=, _n.f._, palisade, paling; wooden fence; hedgerow; (fort.)
stockade.
=palissader=, _v.a._, to fence with palisades, to palisade; (fort.) to
stockade, to line with trees.
=palissage=, _n.m._, (hort.) paling or nailing up.
=palissandre= _or_ =palixandre=, _n.m._, violet ebony, rosewood.
=pâlissant=, _adj._, turning pale, waning.
=palisser=, _v.a._, (hort.) to pale up, to train, to nail up.
=palisson=, _n.m._, (furriers) softening-iron; softening-board.
=paliure=, _n.m._, (bot.) dry hawthorn (for hedges).
=palixandre=, _n.m._ _V._ =palissandre=.
=palladium= (pal-la-diom), _n.m._, Palladium; (fig.) palladium; (chem.)
palladium.
=pallas= (pal-lâs), _n.f._, (astron.) Pallas.
=palle=, _n.f._, (c.rel.). _V._ =pale=.
=palliati-f=, =-ve= (pal-li-), _adj._, (med.) palliative.
=palliatif=, _n.m._, palliative.
=palliation= (pal-li-), _n.f._, palliation.
=pallier= (pal-lié), _v.a._, to excuse; to palliate, to alleviate, to
mitigate.
=pallium= (pa-li-om), _n.m._, pallium, pall.
=palma-christi=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.). _V._ =ricin=.
=palmaire=, _adj._, (anat.) palmar; (orni.) webbed.
=palmarès=, _n.m._, prize-list, programme (distribution of prizes).
=palme=, _n.f._, palm, palm-tree; palm-branch; victory, triumph.
_Remporter la —_; to bear away the palm. _La — du martyre_; the crown of
martyrdom. _Huile de —_; palm-oil.
=palme=, _n.m._, palm, hand’s breadth.
=palmé=, =-e=, _adj._, palmated; webbed; fin-toed; (bot.) handed.
=palmette=, _n.f._, palm-leaf (ornament).
=palmier=, _n.m._, palm-tree, palm. _— en éventail_; macaw-tree. _—
huileux_; palm-oil-tree. _— du Japon_, _— à sagou_; sago-tree. _— marin_;
sea-palm-tree. _— nain_; dwarf-palm.
=palmifère=, _adj._, (bot.) palmiferous.
=palmipède=, _adj._, (orni.) palmiped, fin-footed, web-footed.
=palmipède=, _n.m._, (orni.) palmiped.
=palmiste=, _n.m._, (bot.) palmetto, cabbage-tree; (orni.) palm-squirrel.
=palmite=, _n.m._, palm-sap.
=palombe=, _n.f._, (orni.) wood-pigeon, ring-dove.
=palonnier=, _n.m._, whipple-tree; (of a coach) swing-bar, pole.
=palot=, _n.m._, (pop.) clown, clod-hopper, boor, bumpkin.
=pâlot=, =-te=, _adj._, palish, rather pale.
=palpable=, _adj._, palpable.
=palpablement=, _adv._, palpably.
=palpe=, _n.f._, (ent.) palp, feeler.
=palpébral=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) palpebral.
=palper=, _v.a._, to feel, to palp; to feel about; to pocket, to receive.
_— de l’argent_; to finger money. _— l’eau_; to dip the oar.
=palpitant=, =-e=, _adj._, palpitating, panting. _Cœur —_; throbbing,
beating, heart. _Des membres —s_; quivering limbs.
=palpitation=, _n.f._, palpitation; throbbing, throb; beating; quivering,
quiver; thrill, flutter, fluttering.
=palpiter=, _v.n._, to palpitate, to throb; to pant, to beat; to thrill,
to quiver; to flutter. _Le cœur lui palpite_; his heart flutters.
=palplanche=, _n.f._, sheeting-pile (mas.).
=palsambleu!= =par la sambleu!= _int._, zounds! forsooth! (an oath
peculiar to Louis XI.).
=paltoquet=, _n.m._, clown, clownish fellow; nobody.
=paludéen=, =-ne= (-dé-in, -dé-è-n), _adj._, paludal, marshy. _Fièvre
—ne_; marsh-fever.
=paludier=, _n.m._, salt-maker.
=paludière=, _n.f._, salt-marsh.
=palus= (-lûs), _n.m._, (geog.) marsh, moor, fen.
=palustre=, _adj._, paludal.
=pâmer=, _v.n._, to swoon away. _Faire — de rire_; to make any one split
his sides with laughing, to make any one die with laughter.
_se_ =pâmer=, _v.r._, to swoon away, to swoon; to faint, to faint away.
_Se — de joie_; to be transported with joy. _Se — de rire_; to be ready
to die with laughter, to split one’s sides with laughter.
=pâmoison=, _n.f._, swoon, fainting fit, rapture. _Tomber en —_; to fall
into a swoon, to swoon, to faint away.
=pampa=, _n.f._, (_—s_ (-pass)), pampas.
=pampe=, _n.f._, corn-blade.
=pamphlet=, _n.m._, pamphlet.
=pamphlétaire=, _n.m._, pamphleteer.
=pampiniforme=, _adj._, (anat.) pampiniform.
=pamplemousse=, _n.f._, (bot.) shaddock.
=pampre=, _n.m._, vine-branch (full of leaves); vine-leaf; (arch.)
pampre, vine-branch.
=pan=, _n.m._, flap, lappet; skirt; large piece; stretch (of the
sky); side, section (of a wall). _— d’un habit_; flap of a coat. _—
de muraille_; large section of a wall. _— coupé_; (carp.) cant. _À —s
coupés_; (carp.) cantwise. _Tour à six —s_; six-sided, six-fronted, tower.
=pan!= _int._, slap! flap! smack!
=panacée=, _n.f._, panacea, universal remedy, nostrum.
=panache=, _n.m._, plume, bunch of feathers; (bot.) streaks of color (in
a flower); cap, top (of a church lamp); (arch.) triangular part of an
arch. _— de mer_; amphitrite.
=panaché=, =-e=, _part._, plumed, tufted, striped, streaked, variegated.
_Tulipe —e_, _rose —e_; striped tulip, striped rose. _Glace —e_; (cook.)
mixed ice-cream.
=panacher=, _v.a._, to plume, to streak, to variegate.
_se_ =panacher=, _v.r._, to become streaked, to become striped,
variegated; to be streaked, to be striped.
=panachure=, _n.f._, (of flowers, fruit) variety of colors, variegation;
streak.
=panade=, _n.f._, (cook.) bread-soup.
_se_ =panader=, _v.r._ _V._ _se_ =pavaner=.
=panage=, _n.m._, pannage.
=panais=, _n.m._, (bot.) parsnip.
=panama=, _n.m._, Panama-hat.
=panard=, _adj._, (of a horse) crook-legged.
=panarine=, _n.f._, (bot.) whitlowwort.
=panaris=, _n.m._, (med.) whitlow.
=pancaliers=, _n.m._, (bot.) Pancaliers cabbage.
=pancarte=, _n.f._, toll-table; tariff; paper, writing; placard, bill;
visitor’s book. _De vieilles —s_; old writings.
=pancrace=, _n.m._, (antiq.) pancratium. _Docteur —_; champion disputant.
=pancréas= (-âs), _n.m._, (anat.) pancreas; sweet-bread.
=pancréatique=, _adj._, (anat.) pancreatic.
=pandanées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) pandanaceæ.
=pandectes=, _n.f.pl._, (Roman jur.) pandects.
=pandémonium= (-ni-om), _n.m._, (_—s_) pandemonium.
=pandiculation=, _n.f._, (med.) pandiculation.
=pandit=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Pandit, Pundit.
=pandore=, _n.f._, Pandora. _La boîte de —_; (fig.) (prov.) the source of
many evils.
=pandour=, _n.m._, pandour (Hungarian soldier); marauder; coarse, brutal
man.
=pané=, =-e=, _part._, (cook.) covered with bread crumbs. _De l’eau —e_;
toast and water.
=panégyrique=, _n.m._, panegyric.
=panégyriste=, _n.m._, panegyrist.
=paner=, _v.a._, (cook.) to crumb, to cover with bread crumbs.
=panerée= (pa-n-rée), _n.f._, basketful, hamperful.
=paneterie= (pa-n-trî), _n.f._, pantry; bread-room.
=panetier= (pa-n-tié), _n.m._, pantler, store-keeper.
=panetière= (pa-n-tièr), _n.f._, bag _or_ satchel; pouch; scrip.
=pangolin=, _n.m._, (mam.) pangolin, short-tailed manis, ant-eater.
=panic=, _n.m._, (bot.) panic, panic-grass.
=panicule=, _n.f._, (bot.) panicle.
=paniculé=, =-e=, _adj._, paniculate, panicled.
=panier=, _n.m._, basket, hamper, pannier; punnet, pottle; crate, creel;
scuttle; beehive made of straw, etc.; hoop-petticoat. _— d’osier_;
wicker-basket. _— à claire-voie_; open-worked basket. _— à salade_;
basket, chaise; (pop.) prison van. _— roulant_; go-cart. _— au papier_;
waste-paper basket. _— à ouvrage_; work-basket. _— percé_; spendthrift.
_Adieu —s, vendanges sont faites_; you come too late, it is all over.
_Voûte, à anse de —_; (arch.) elliptical vault. _Le dessus du —_; the
pick, the best. _Le dessous du —_; the refuse. _Faire danser l’anser du
—_; to cheat one’s masters, to take the market-penny.
=panification=, _n.f._, panification, bread-making.
=panifier=, _v.a._, to make bread.
=panique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, panic, sudden fright.
=panis= (pa-nis), _n.m._, (bot.) panic-grass.
=panne=, _n.f._, shag, plush; fat; (carp.) purlin; face (of a hammer).
_Culotte de —_; plush breeches. _En —_; lying to. _Être en —_; (nav.)
to lie to. _Mettre en —_; (nav.) to bring to, to heave to. _Se tenir en
—_; (nav.) to lie to. _Ce cochon n’a presque point de —_; this pig has
scarcely any fat. _Être dans la —_; (pop.) to be hard up, to be in a hole
and corner.
=panné=, _adj._, (pop.) shabby, seedy, poor, penniless, hard up, needy.
=panneau=, _n.m._, square, panel; snare, trap; pannel (of a saddle). _—
de lambris_; wainscot panel; (hort.) glass-frame; (nav.) hatch. _— de
porte_; panel of a door. _Donner dans le —_; to fall into the snare.
=panneauter=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to set snares, to lay trap-nets.
=pannelle=, _n.f._, (her.) poplar leaf.
=panneton= (pa-n-ton), _n.m._, (locksmith’s work) key-bit; catch (of
window fastenings); bread-pan.
=pannicule=, _n.m._, (anat.) adipose membrane; cellular tissue.
=panonceau=, _n.m._, scutcheon, escutcheon.
=panoplie=, _n.f._, panoply; trophy.
=panorama=, _n.m._, panorama.
=panoramique=, _adj._, panoramic.
=pan pan=, _onomatopœia_, rat-tat-tat; bang, slap, flap.
=pansage=, _n.m._, dressing, rubbing, grooming (of horses).
=panse=, _n.f._, paunch, belly; rumen, cud (of ruminating animals);
lugger-boat (in V. Hugo). _Grosse —_; pot-belly, paunch. _Avoir les yeux
plus grands que la —_; to have eyes bigger than one’s belly. _— d’A_;
oval of an _a_. _Il n’a pas fait une — d’A_; he has done nothing at
all, he has not done a stroke.
=pansé=, =-e=, _part._, dressed. _Il est bien —_; he has had a square
meal, _or_ his bellyful.
=pansement= (pans-mān), _n.m._, dressing (of wounds); rubbing, grooming
(of a horse). _V._ =pansage=.
=panser=, _v.a._, to dress (wounds); to groom (a horse).
=pansu=, =-e=, _adj._, pot-bellied, tun-bellied, big-bellied; bulging.
=pantagruélique=, _adj._, Pantagruel; epicurean; insatiable; sumptuous.
=pantagruélisme=, _n.m._, epicurism.
=pantagruéliste=, _n.m._, epicure.
=pantalon=, _n.m._, pantaloons, pair of pantaloons; trousers, pair of
trousers; pantaloon (pantomime). _— collant_; tight trousers. _— rouge_;
(fig.) French soldier.
=pantalonnade=, _n.f._, pantaloon’s dance, buffoonery; false
demonstration, make-believe, humbug.
=pantelant=, =-e= (pan-tlān, -t), _adj._, panting, heaving; gasping.
_Chair —e_; quivering flesh.
=panteler= (pan-tlé), _v.n._, to gasp for breath, to pant.
=pantenne= (-tè-n), _n.f._, punnet, draw-net. _Vergues en —_; (nav.)
yards placed obliquely, and sails badly trimmed. _Vaisseau en —_; ship
riding apeak. _Mettre en —_; to top up.
=panthée=, _adj.f._, pantheistic.
=panthéisme=, _n.m._, Pantheism.
=panthéiste=, _n.m._, pantheist.
=panthéistique=, _adj._, pantheistic, pantheistical.
=panthéon=, _n.m._, pantheon; (in Paris) Pantheon (where the great dead
are buried), the Westminster Abbey of France.
=panthère=, _n.f._, (mam.) panther.
=pantière= (-tièr), _n.f._, (hunt.) draw-net, shooting-pouch.
=pantin=, _n.m._, dancing Jack, puppet; (b.s.) great gesticulator;
trimmer, time-server.
=pantographe=, _n.m._, pantograph.
=pantographie=, _n.f._, pantography.
=pantographique=, _adj._, pantographic, pantographical.
=pantoiement=, _n.m._, (hawking) pantess.
=pantois=, =-e=, _adj._, ☉panting, out of breath; short-winded,
astonished, stupefied, aghast.
=pantomètre=, _n.m._, (geom.) pantometer.
=pantomime=, _n.m._, pantomime, pantomimist.
=pantomime=, _n.f._, dumb-show; pantomime.
=pantomime=, _adj._, pantomimic.
=pantoufle=, _n.f._, slipper, slipper-shoe. _Être en —s_; to be in
slippers. _Soulier en —_; slip-shod shoe, shoe down at heel. _Raisonner
comme une —_; to reason like a jackass. _Fer à —_; panton-shoe, panton.
=pantoufler=, _v.n._, to reason like a jackass.
=pantouflerie=, _n.f._, stupid conversation; piece of nonsense, piece of
absurdity.
=pantouflier=, _n.m._, slipper-maker.
=paon= (pan), _n.m._, (orni.) peacock; (astron.) Pavo. _— sauvage des
Pyrénées_; ruff, reeve. _— bleu_; peacock-fish. _Queue-de-—_; (min.)
iridescent sulphate of copper.
=paonne= (pa-n), _n.f._, (orni.) pea-hen.
=paonneau= (pa-nô), _n.m._, (orni.) pea-chick.
=papa=, _n.m._, papa, dad. _Bon —_; grandpapa.
=papal=, =-e=, _adj._, papal.
=papas= (pa-pâ), _n.m._, pope (Greek priest).
=papauté=, _n.f._, papacy, popedom, pontificate.
=papavéracées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) papaveraceæ.
=papaye=, _n.f._, (bot.) papaw (fruit).
=papayer=, _n.m._, papaw-tree; papaw.
=pape=, _n.m._, Pope; (orni.) papa.
=papegai= (pap-ghè), _n.m._, (orni.) popinjay.
=papelard= (pa-plar), _n.m._, (fam.) hypocrite.
=papelard=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) hypocritical. _Air_, _ton_, _—_;
sanctified air, tone.
=papelardise= (pa-plar-dîz), _n.f._, (fam.) hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness.
=papeline=, _n.f._, poplin.
=papelonné=, _adj._, (her.) covered with scales.
=paperasse= (pap-ras), _n.f._, old paper; waste paper; (b.s.) paper.
=paperasser=, _v.n._, to rummage papers; to scribble away.
=paperassier=, _n.m._, everlasting scribbler; rummager of old papers.
=paperassi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, red-tape; formal.
=papesse=, _n.f._, papess. _La — Jeanne_; Pope Jean.
=papeterie= (pap-trî), _n.f._, paper-mill; paper-making; paper-trade;
paper-manufacture; paper-manufactory; stationery; stationery box or case.
_Magasin de —_; stationer’s shop.
=papetier= (pap-tié), _n.m._, paper-maker; stationer.
=papier=, _n.m._, paper. _— à écrire_; writing-paper. _— brouillard_;
scribbling-paper. _— à lettres_; note-paper. _— gris_, _goudronné_; brown
paper. _Main de —_; quire of paper. _Cahier de —_; paper-book; quarter
of a quire. _— cassé_; outside sheets. _— chantonné_; wrinkled paper. _—
serpent_, _— de soie_; silver-paper. _— dentelle_; lace-paper. _— blanc_;
white paper, blank paper. _— collé_; sized paper. _— non collé_; unsized
paper. _— mécanique_; machine-made paper, machine-paper. _— peint_,
_— teint_; stained-paper. _— de verre_; glass-paper, sand-paper. _—
soufflé_, _— velouté_; flock-paper. _— coquille_; demy paper, post-demy.
_— Jésus_; super-royal paper, long-royal paper. _— pelure_; foreign
paper, foreign post-paper. _— ministre_; petition-paper. _— buvard_;
blotting-paper. _Couteau à —_; paper-knife, paper-cutter. _— à calquer_;
tracing-paper. _— rayé_; striped paper. _— du Nil_; papyrus. _— naturel_;
fossil-paper. ☉_—s-nouvelles_; newspapers. _—s de bord_; (nav.) ship’s
papers. _Être bien dans les —s de quelqu’un_; to be in any one’s good
books, good graces. _Être mal dans les —s de quelqu’un_; to be in any
one’s bad books. _Rayez cela de vos —s_; strike that out of your books.
_Brouiller_, _gâter_, _du —_; to waste, to spoil paper. ☉_—-journal_;
(com.) day-book. _Payer en —_; to pay in bills. _— volant_; flying-sheet.
_— timbré_; stamped paper. _—-monnaie_; paper-money.
=papilionacé=, =-e=, or *=papillonacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.)
papilionaceous.
=papillaire=, _adj._, (anat.) papillary.
=papille=, _n.f._, (anat.) papilla.
*=papillon=, _n.m._, (ent.) butterfly; butterfly (pers.); (nav.)
sky-sail. _— de nuit_; moth. _—s noirs_; the blues, spleen.
=papillonner=, _v.n._, to flutter about; to hover; to trifle, to flirt.
*=papillotage=, _n.m._, twinkling (of the eyes); putting in paper, in
curl-papers (of the hair); glitter, tinsel; (print.) mackling, slurring.
*=papillote=, _n.f._, curl-paper; sweetmeat in paper; chocolate drop;
spangle (of gold _or_ silver); (cook.) paper. _Côtelette en —_; cutlet
fried in paper. _Fer à —s_; curling-irons.
*=papilloter=, _v.a._, to put hair in paper.
*=papilloter=, _v.n._, to twinkle, to blink; to dazzle, to be gaudy;
(print.) to slur.
=papisme=, _n.m._, papism, popery.
=papiste=, _n.m.f._, papist.
=papiste=, _adj._, papistic, papistical; popish.
=pappeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) downy, pappous.
=papule=, _n.f._, (med.) papula, pimple.
=papyracé=, =-e=, _adj._, thin and dry like paper; papyraceous.
=papyrus=, _n.m._, (bot.) paper-rush; papyrus.
=pâque=, _n.f._, Passover.
=pâque= _or_ =pâques=, _n.m._, Easter. _Quinzaine de —s_; Passion-week
and Easter week. _Semaine de —s_; Easter-week. In the following
expressions Pâques is feminine plural: _—s fleuries_; Palm-Sunday. _—s
closes_; Low-Sunday. _Faire ses —_; to receive the Sacrament (at Easter).
=paquebot= (pak-bô), _n.m._, packet-boat, packet, liner; steamer. _— à
vapeur_; steam-packet. _— de poste_; mail-packet. _Le — d’Angleterre_,
_d’Espagne_; the English, the Spanish mail.
=pâquerette=, _n.f._, (bot.) daisy, Easter-daisy.
=paquet=, _n.m._, bundle, parcel; packet; mail; trick; mass; lump
(pers.); (print.) slip. _Faire un —_; to make up a parcel. _Faire ses
—s_; to pack up one’s traps, to pack up. _Hasarder_ or _risquer le —_; to
chance it; to take the risk. _Faire ses —s pour l’autre monde_; to set
out for the long journey, to kick the bucket. _Faire un — sur quelqu’un_;
to backbite any one. _Donner un — à quelqu’un_; to play off a trick on
any one. _Donner à quelqu’un son —_; to give the sack to any one; to
silence any one. _Recevoir son —_, _recevoir ses —s_; to be discharged,
to be sent to the right-about, to get the sack. _Cette femme est un vrai
—_; that woman is a regular dowdy.
=paqueter=, _v.a._, to bundle, to bind up in parcels, to roll up.
=paquetier= (pak-tié), _n.m._, (print.) piecehand.
=paquette=, _n.f._, (bot.) ox-eye daisy.
=paqueur=, _n.m._, salt-fish packer.
=pâquis=, _n.m._, feeding-ground; pasture.
=par=, _prep._, by, through, out of, about, into, in, from, for, for
the sake of, at, with; during. _De — le roi_; in the king’s name. _Il
a fait cela — crainte_; he did it from fear, through fear. _Il entra
— la porte_; he entered by the door. _Je compris — là_; I understood
from that. _— passe-temps_; by way of diversion. _Cela se fait — tout
pays_; that is done in all countries. _— où?_ which way? _— ici_; this
way. _— là_; that way. _— deçà_; this side. _— delà_; that side. _—
dedans_; within. _— dehors_; without. _—-devers_; by, with. _—-dessus_;
over, above, over and above. _—-dessus les maisons_; above the houses.
_—-dessous_; under, underneath. _— devant_; before, forwards. _—
derrière_; behind, backwards. _— le haut_, _— en haut_; towards the top,
upwards. _— le bas_, _— en bas_; downwards. _Prenez-le — le bras_; take
his arm. _— le passé_; formerly. _—-ci —-là_; here and there; off and
on. _— aventure_; by chance. _—-devant_; (jur.) in the presence of. _Il
a passé — Paris_; he passed through Paris. _Se promener — les rues_; to
walk about the streets. _Jeter — la fenêtre_; to throw out of the window.
_Il faut en passer — là_; you must put up with it, you must come to that.
_Elle finit — le persuader_; she, at length, persuaded him. _Distribuer
— chapitres_; to divide into chapters. _Aller — bandes_; to go in
companies. _Couper — morceaux_; to cut in pieces, into pieces. _Donner
tant — tête_; to give so much per head. _Une guinée — soldat_; a guinea
each soldier. _— soi-même_; by one’s self, unaided, unassisted.
=para=, _n.m._, (_—s_) para, Turkish coin worth about half a penny.
=parabase=, _n.f._, (antiq.) parabasis (prologue).
=parabole=, _n.f._, (geom.) parabola; parable. _Les —s de Salomon_; the
proverbs of Solomon.
=parabolique=, _adj._, parabolic, parabolical.
=paraboliquement= (-lik-mān), _adv._, parabolically.
=paracentèse=, _n.f._, (surg.) paracentesis, tapping.
☉=parachèvement=, _n.m._, ending, finishing; completion, last touch.
☉=parachever=, _v.a._, to finish, to end, to complete, to put the
finishing touch to.
=parachronisme= (-kro-), _n.m._, parachronism.
=parachute=, _n.m._, parachute.
=paraclet=, _n.m._, (Bibl.) Paraclete, comforter.
=parade=, _n.f._, parade; show, boast; state, pageant, pageantry; (fenc.)
parade, parrying; (milit.) parade; burlesque scenes; outside shows (at
fairs). _Chambre de —_; state-room. _Lit de —_; bed of state. _Faire —
d’une chose_; to make a parade, a display, of anything. _Faire —_; (nav.)
to dress a ship with flags. _Ne pas être heureux à la —_; not to be quick
at repartee, to be a bad hand at repartee. _À la —_; (milit.) on parade.
_Habit de —_; state, court, official dress.
=parader=, _v.n._, to parade, to show off; to cruise. _Faire — un
cheval_; to show off the paces of a horse.
=paradigme=, _n.m._, (gram.) paradigm.
=paradis=, _n.m._, paradise; (thea.) upper gallery, gods. _Le —
terrestre_; earthly paradise. _Ce lieu-ci est un vrai —_; this place is a
heaven on earth. _Oiseau de —_; bird of paradise. _Pomme de —_; apple of
paradise. _Sur ma part du —_; as I hope to be saved. _Ne pas le porter en
—_; to suffer for anything.
=paradisier=, _n.m._, (orni.) bird of paradise.
=paradoxal=, =-e=, _adj._, paradoxical.
=paradoxalement=, _adv._, paradoxically.
=paradoxe=, _n.m._, paradox.
☉=paradoxe=, _adj._, paradoxical.
=paradoxisme=, _n.m._, (rhet.) paradoxy.
=parafe= _or_ =paraphe=, _n.m._, flourish (added to one’s signature);
initials and flourish; paraph, sign manual, signature.
=parafer= _or_ =parapher=, _v.a._, to put one’s flourish, dash, _or_
initials to; to sign.
=paraffine=, _n.f._, (chem.) paraffine.
=parage=, _n.m._, (nav.) latitude, quarter; parts, place; (l.u.)
extraction, descent, lineage; _pl._, seas. _De haute —_; of high degree.
_Dans ces —s_; in these seas.
=paragoge=, _n.f._, (gram.) paragoge.
=paragogique=, _adj._, (gram.) paragogic, paragogical.
=paragraphe=, _n.m._, paragraph.
☉=paraguante= (-gooant), _n.f._, present, tip, largesse, douceur.
=paraître= (paraissant, paru), _v.n._, to appear, to make one’s
appearance; to be seen, to be visible; to make a show, to make some
figure; to seem, to look; to come out, to be published; (nav.) to heave
in sight. _— en mer_; to loom. _Commencer à —_; to appear, to come
in sight. _Ces raisons paraissent bonnes_; these reasons seem to be
plausible. _Quand votre ouvrage paraîtra-t-il?_ when will your work be
published? _Chercher à —_; to endeavour to make an appearance, to cut
a figure. _Il n’y a rien qui n’y paraisse_; that is very evident, very
clear. _Faire —_; to show; to discover, to exhibit. _Il paraît_; it
appears. _Il y paraît_; there are appearances of it, it is evident. _Il
n’y paraît pas_; one would not have thought it, there are no signs of
it. _Il n’y paraît plus_; there is no trace of it. _Vient de —_; just
out, just published. _Sans qu’il y paraisse_; without making any show.
=paralipse=, _n.f._, (rhet.) paralipsis.
=parallactique=, _adj._, (astron.) parallactic.
=parallaxe=, _n.f._, (astron.) parallax.
=parallèle=, _adj._, (geom.) parallel.
=parallèle=, _n.f._, (geom.) parallel; (fort.) parallel.
=parallèle=, _n.m._, parallel, comparison, simile; (geog.) parallel,
circle of latitude. _Mettre en —_; to draw a parallel between, to compare.
=parallèlement=, _adv._, parallelly, in parallel lines; comparatively.
=parallélépipède= _or_ =parallélipipède=, _n.m._, (geom.) parallelopiped.
=parallélisme=, _n.m._, parallelism.
=parallélogrammatique=, _adj._, (geom.) parallelogrammic.
=parallélogramme=, _n.m._, (geom.) parallelogram. _— articulé_; (mec.)
parallel-joint. _— de Watt_; (mec.) parallel motion.
=parallélographe=, _n.m._, parallel-ruler.
=paralogisme=, _n.m._, paralogism.
=paralysa-teur=, =-trice=, _adj._, _n.f._, paralyzing.
=paralyser=, _v.a._, (med.) to paralyze; to render powerless, to
paralyze. _Se —_; to become paralyzed, to paralyze each other.
=paralysie=, _n.f._, (med.) paralysis, palsy. _Tomber en —_; to have a
paralytic stroke. _Attaque de —_; paralytic stroke.
=paralytique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, paralytic; paralytical, palsied.
=paramètre=, _n.m._, (geom.) parameter.
=parangon=, _n.m._, ☉paragon, model; comparison, parallel; (jewelry)
flawless stone, paragon. _Gros —_; (print.) double pica. _Petit —_;
(print.) paragon. _Cela est sans —_; that is without a parallel,
unparalleled. _Faire le — d’une chose avec une autre_; to compare one
thing with another.
=parangon=, _adj. invariable_, (jewelry) without defect, perfect,
flawless. _Diamant —_; diamond without a flaw.
=parangonnage=, _n.m._, (print.) ranging.
=parangonner=, _v.a._, ☉to compare, to make a comparison of; (print.) to
adjust, to range.
=parant=, =-e=, _adj._, ornamental, decking, adorning, dressy.
=parapet=, _n.m._, parapet, parapet-wall, breast-work.
=paraphe=, =parapher=. _V._ =parafe=, =parafer=.
=paraphernal=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) paraphernal. _Biens paraphernaux_;
paraphernal property, paraphernalia.
=paraphernaux=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) paraphernalia, wife’s property.
=paraphimosis= (-zîs), _n.m._, (surg.) paraphimosis.
=paraphrase=, _n.f._, paraphrase; commentary, amplification.
=paraphraser=, _v.a._ and _n._, to paraphrase, to comment, to amplify.
=paraphraseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (b.s.) amplifier, paraphraser.
=paraphraste=, _n.m._, paraphrast.
=paraplégie=, _n.f._, (med.) paraplegia.
=parapluie=, _n.m._, umbrella. _Canne_ (_f._) or _manche_ (_m._) _de —_;
umbrella-stick.
=parasange=, _n.f._, (antiq.) parasang (Persian measure of distance).
=parasélène=, _n.f._, (astron.) paraselene.
=parasite=, _n.m._, parasite; hanger-on; sycophant.
=parasite=, _adj._, parasitic, parasitical; sycophantic; superfluous,
redundant. _Plante —s_; parasitical plants. _Insectes —s_; parasitic
insects. _Mots —s_; superfluous, redundant words.
=parasitisme=, _n.m._, (med.) parasitism.
=parasol= (-sol), _n.m._, parasol. _Plante en —_; umbelliferous plant.
=paratitlaire=, _n.m._, (jur.) author of paratitla, summaries.
=paratitles=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) paratitla, paratitles, summaries,
abridgments.
=paratonnerre=, _n.m._, lightning-conductor; (nav.) marine conductor,
conductor.
=paravent=, _n.m._, screen, folding-screen. _Chinois de —_; guy;
grotesque figure. _Comédie de —_; private performances, theatricals.
=parbleu!= _int._, zounds! forsooth!
=parc=, _n.m._, park; pen (for cattle); sheepfold; bed, breeding-ground
(of oysters); (artil.) park; warren (for game); (agri.) sheepwalk; (nav.)
locker. _— de construction_; shipyard. _Les murailles d’un —_; the walls
of a park.
=parcage=, _n.m._, folding (of sheep); penning (of cattle).
=parcellaire=, _adj._, in _or_ by small portions, in detail. _Cadastre
—_; register of lands divided into small portions.
=parcellaire=, _n.m._, register of a survey in detail.
=parcelle=, _n.f._, particle, portion; driblet, installment. _— du sol_;
portion of the soil. _Payer par —s_; to pay by installments.
=parceller=, _v.a._, to portion or parcel out.
=parce que=, _conj._, because, inasmuch as, forasmuch as; why, wherefore.
=parchemin=, _n.m._, parchment, skin. _pl._, titles of nobility; descent,
pedigree. _Allonger le —_; to lengthen out deeds uselessly. _Il est fier
de ses —s_; he is proud of his pedigree.
=parcheminerie= (-mi-n-rî), _n.f._, parchment-making; parchment-factory;
parchment-trade.
=parcheminier=, _n.m._, parchment-maker.
=parcimonie=, _n.f._, parsimony, sparingness.
=parcimonieusement=, _adv._, parsimoniously, sparingly.
=parcimonieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, parsimonious, sparing.
=parcourir=, _v.a._, to travel over, to go over, to run over, to
perambulate; to scour, to take a survey (of); to look over; to peruse; to
turn over the leaves (of a book). _Il a parcouru toute l’Asie_; he has
travelled all over Asia. _— la ville_; to scour, to look over the town.
_— un livre_; to look through a book. _Je l’ai parcouru_; I have read it
cursorily.
=parcours=, _n.m._, line, distance, length, course, journey; road, way;
commonage. _Faire le — entre_; to ply between.
=pardessus=, _n.m._, overcoat, greatcoat.
=pardon=, _n.m._, pardon, forgiveness; condonation. _pl._, (c.rel.)
indulgences; fair (in Brittany); pilgrimage. _Je vous demande —_; I beg
your pardon. _—_; excuse me; by your leave.
=pardonnable=, _adj._ pardonable, excusable.
=pardonné=, =-e=, _part._, pardoned, forgiven.
=pardonner=, _v.a._, to pardon, to forgive, to overlook; to spare, to
excuse; to condone; not to grudge. _— les offenses_; to forgive offenses.
_— une erreur à quelqu’un_; to excuse an error in any one. _Pardonnez à
ma franchise de vous dire cela_; excuse my frankness in telling you that.
_Pardonnez-moi_; pardon me; excuse me.
=paréage= _or_ =pariage=, _n.m._, (feudal law) joint possession.
=pareaux=, _n.m.pl._, weights (of a fishing net).
=parégorique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) paregoric.
*=pareil=, =-le=, _adj._, like, alike, equal; similar, such, like this,
like that, like it. _Je n’ai rien vu de —_; I never saw the like. _Sans
—_; peerless, matchless. _C’est un homme sans —_; he has not his match,
his equal. _Comment pouvez-vous me dire chose —le_; how can you say or
tell me such a thing.
=pareil=, _n.m.f._, equal, fellow, match. _Il a trouvé son —_; he has
found his match. _Fréquentez vos —s_; keep company with your equals.
=pareille=, _n.f._, like _or_ similar treatment. _Rendre la — à
quelqu’un_; to serve any one the same, to pay any one back in his own
coin, to be even with any one; to return like for like. _Avoir le —_; to
have one like (it), _or_ to have the fellow to (it).
*=pareillement=, _adv._, similarly; in the same way, likewise, too.
=parélie=. _V._ =parhélie=.
=parelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) parella, patience.
=parement= (par-mān), _n.m._, ornament; cuff; facing (of dress); cuff
(of sleeves); large stick (of a fagot); (arch.) facing; altar-cloth;
curb-stone.
=parementer=, _v.a._, (arch.) to face.
=parenchymateu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, parenchymatous.
=parenchyme=, _n.m._, (anat., bot.) parenchyma; diploe (of leaves).
=parénèse=, _n.f._, parenesis.
=parénétique=, _adj._, parenetic.
=parent=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, relation, relative; kinsman, kinswoman,
kin. _pl._, parents, father and mother; relatives, relations,
connections, kindred. _— paternel_; relation on the father’s side. _—
maternel_; relation on the mother’s side. _Un bon ami vaut mieux qu’un
—_; a good friend is better than a kinsman. _Grands-—_; grandfather and
grandmother. _Proche —_; near relative; (jur.) next of kin.
☉=parentage=, _n.m._ _V._ =parenté=.
=parenté=, _n.f._, relationship, consanguinity, kindred; relations,
relatives, kinsfolk, connections, family.
=parentèle=, _n.f._, (fam.). _V._ =parenté=.
=parenthèse=, _n.f._, parenthesis, digression. _Par —_; by way of
parenthesis, by-the-bye, by-the-way. _Entre —s_; in parenthesis. _Avoir
les jambes en —_; (fam.) to be bandy-legged.
=parer=, _v.a._, to adorn, to set off (against), to set out, to deck, to
embellish; to attire; to trim; to shelter; to guard (against); to provide
(against); to parry, to ward off; (nav.) to clear; to pare (horses’
hoofs). _— un coup_; to ward off a blow. _— du cuir_; to dress leather.
_— du cidre_; to make cider ferment. _— un agneau_; to dress a lamb. _—
un cap_; (nav.) to clear a cape. _— un câble_; to clear a cable. _— une
ancre_; to clear an anchor. _— un enfant_; to dress out a child. _Il est
assez paré de sa bonne mine_; his good looks set him off sufficiently. _—
sa marchandise_; to set off one’s goods.
_se_ =parer=, _v.r._, to adorn one’s self; to dress; to dress one’s
self out; to screen, to guard one’s self; to assume; to make a show, to
boast. _Elle se pare d’une manière ridicule_; she decks herself out in a
ridiculous manner.
=parer=, _v.n._, (fence.) to parry; to screen, to defend; to guard
(against). _— et porter en même temps_; to parry and thrust at the same
time. _On ne peut pas — à tout_; one can’t guard against everything.
=parère=, _n.m._, (com.) opinion (of merchants on matters of commerce);
(of insurance) report.
=parésie=, _n.f._, (med.) slight palsy.
=paresse=, _n.f._, idleness, sloth, laziness, indolence; weakness. _—
d’esprit_; sluggishness of intellect, indolence of mind.
=paresser=, _v.n._, to idle, to fritter away one’s time, to be idle.
=paresseusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, lazily, idly, slothfully.
=paresseu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, sluggard, idle, lazy person; lazy,
idle, slothful, sluggish, indolent; (of the stomach) weak; (of the
bowels) sluggish.
=paresseux=, _n.m._, (mam.) sloth.
=pareur=, _n.m._, (tech.) finisher.
=parfaire=, _v.a._, to perfect, to complete, to make up, to finish
thoroughly.
=parfait=, =-e=, _adj._, perfect, finished; accomplished, complete,
full. _Accord —_; (mus.) perfect chord. _Cela est fait et —_; that is
completely finished.
=parfait=, _n.m._, perfection; (gram.) perfect. _Plusque-—_; pluperfect.
_Au —_; (gram.) in the perfect.
=parfaitement= (-fèt-mān), _adv._, perfectly, completely, exactly, just
so, to be sure; decidedly.
=parfilage=, _n.m._, unraveling, threading.
=parfiler=, _v.a._ and _n._, to unravel; to pick out the threads of; to
thread.
=parfois=, _adv._, sometimes, occasionally, now and then.
=parfond=, _n.m._, ground-net; ground-tackle.
=parfondre=, _v.a._, to fuse (enamel).
_se_ =parfondre=, _v.r._, to be fused.
=parfournir=, _v.a._, to render complete, to make up.
=parfum= (-fun), _n.m._, perfume, odor, scent, fragrance, flavor; bouquet
(of wines). _Le — des fleurs_; the fragrance of flowers.
=parfumé=, =-e=, _adj._, scented, savory, flavored.
=parfumer=, _v.a._, to perfume, to sweeten, to scent; to fumigate.
_se_ =parfumer=, _v.r._, to use perfumes, to scent one’s self.
=parfumerie= (-fu-mrî), _n.f._, perfumery.
=parfumeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, perfumer.
=parfumoir=, _n.m._, perfuming-pan; fumigator.
=parhélie= _or_ =parélie=, _n.m._, parhelion, mock-sun.
=pari=, _n.m._, bet, wager, stake. _Faire un —_; to lay a bet. _Tenir le
—_; to take the bet.
=paria=, _n.m._, pariah, outcast.
=pariade=, _n.f._, pairing-time (of partridges).
=parier=, _v.a._, to bet, to lay a wager, to stake; to undertake to
say, to be almost certain. _Il y a à —_; the odds are. _C’est à — dix
contre un_; it is ten to one. _— pour quelqu’un_; to back any one. _J’en
parierais ma tête_; I would bet anything, stake my head (upon it).
=pariétaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) parietary.
=pariétal=, _adj.m._, (anat.) parietal.
=pariétal=, _n.m._, (anat.) parietal-bone.
=parieur=, _n.m._, wagerer, bettor, betting-man.
=paris=, _n.m._, Paris (fig.). _Monsieur de —_; Jack Ketch. _Premier —_;
leading article. _Prendre — pour Corbeil, le Pirée pour un homme_; not to
know a hawk from a handsaw.
=parisette=, _n.f._, (bot.) paris, true-love.
=parisien=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Parisian.
=parisienne=, _n.f._, (print.) pearl; Parisienne (patriotic song).
☉=parisis= (-zîs), _adj._, of Paris (of coin).
=parisyllabique= (-sil-la-bik), _adj._, (gram.) parisyllabic.
=parité=, _n.f._, parity, likeness, equality; comparison, parallel case.
=parjure=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, perjurer; perjured, forsworn.
=parjure=, _n.m._, perjury, false oath.
_se_ =parjurer=, _v.r._, to perjure, _or_ to forswear, one’s self; to be
forsworn.
=parlage=, _n.m._, empty talk, prattle, twaddle.
=parlant=, =-e=, _adj._, speaking; talkative, chatty; (her.) allusive,
canting. _Ce portrait est —_; that is a speaking likeness. _Cet homme est
peu —_; that man is not talkative, is very reticent.
=parlement=, _n.m._, parliament; court. _Contraire aux usages du —_;
unparliamentary.
=parlementaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, bearer of a flag of truce;
parliamentarian; parliamentary. _Un vaisseau —_; a cartel-ship.
=parlementer=, _v.n._, to parley, to come to a parley, to come to terms.
=parler=, _v.n._, to speak, to talk, to commune, to discourse, to
converse, to talk about, to mention, to say, to tell. _Façon de —_;
mode of speaking, manner of speech. _— à l’oreille_; to whisper. _— en
public_; to speak in public. _— trop_; to speak too much. _Sans — de_;
without mentioning, to say nothing of. _Il parle mal de vous_; he speaks
ill of you. _Faire — de soi_; to get one’s self talked about. _— à un
sourd_; to speak to a post. _Cela ne vaut pas la peine d’en —_; it is not
worth mentioning. _Cela parle tout seul_; the thing speaks for itself.
_Il en parle bien à son aise_; it is easy for him to say so. _Je lui
apprendrai à —_; I will teach him to govern his tongue. _Il trouvera à
qui —_; he will find his match. _— en l’air_; to talk at random. _— à
cheval à quelqu’un_; to speak imperiously to any one, to dictate to any
one. _— de la pluie et du beau temps_; to talk of indifferent matters.
_— d’abondance_; to speak on the spur of the moment, extempore. _Il a
bien fait — de lui_; he has got himself much talked about. _— en maître_;
to speak peremptorily. _Trop gratter cuit_, _trop — nuit_; least said,
soonest mended; speech is silvern, silence is golden. _Sans — de_;
without mentioning, to say nothing of.
=parler=, _v.a._, to speak (a language). _— français_; to speak French.
_Il parle bien sa langue_; he speaks his language well. _Parlez-moi de
cela!_ now that’s something like! _Ne m’en parlez pas, par exemple!_ I
can vouch for the truth of it! _Moi qui vous parle_; I, my very own self.
_se_ =parler=, _v.r._, to speak to each other; to be spoken (of
languages). _Elles se parlent des yeux_; they speak to each other with
their eyes.
=parler=, _n.m._, speech, utterance, way _or_ manner of speaking;
language, accent. _Avoir son franc —_; to be outspoken; not to mince
matters; to speak one’s mind. _Jamais beau — n’écorche la langue_; fair
words are always the best; civility costs nothing.
=parlerie=, _n.f._, prating, chatter, talkativeness.
=parleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, speech-maker, talker. _Un beau —_; a
good speaker.
=parli-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (l.u.) talkative.
=parloir=, _n.m._, parlor.
=parlote=, _n.f._, resort of gossips; gossiping club; debating-society.
=parloter=, _v.n._, to chatter, to talk twaddle; to gossip; to practice
speaking.
=parmentière= (-tièr), _n.f._, (bot.) potato.
=parmesan=, _n.m._, Parmesan cheese.
=parmi=, _prep._, among, amongst, amid, amidst.
=parnasse=, _n.m._, Parnassus. _Le — français_; French poetry, the French
poets.
=parnassien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Parnassian.
=parnassien=, _n.m._, (jest.) son of Parnassus, poet.
=parodie=, _n.f._, parody.
=parodier=, _v.a._, to parody.
=parodiste=, _n.m._, author of a parody.
=paroi=, _n.f._, wall, partition; side, casing, outer side; (anat.)
coat, wall. _Les —s d’un vase_; the inner sides of a vase. _Les —s de
l’estomac_; the coating, the wall of the stomach. _La — d’un rocher_; the
outer side of a rock.
=paroisse=, _n.f._, parish, parish-church; parishioners. _Être de deux
—s_; not to be fellows (of things).
=paroissial=, =-e=, _adj._, parochial, parish.
=paroissien= (-in), _n.m._, =-ne= (-è-n), _n.f._, parishioner.
=paroissien=, _n.m._, church-service; prayer-book. _C’est un pauvre —_;
he is a poor sort of a fellow.
=parole=, _n.f._, word; speech, language; saying, sentiment; utterance,
voice; eloquence; promise; trust; (milit.) parole. _Il traîne ses —s_;
he drawls his words. _Il a perdu la —_; he has lost the use of his
tongue. _Porter la —_; to speak, to be the spokesman. _Adresser la —
à quelqu’un_; to address any one. _Prendre la —_; to begin to speak,
to address the house, to be speaking; to have one’s turn to speak (in
Parliament). _Avoir la —_; to be allowed to speak; to be upon one’s
legs, to be in possession of the House; to catch the speaker’s eye
(in Parliament). _Demander la —_; to request permission to speak;
(parliamentary) to rise to order. _Céder la —_; to decline speaking, to
give up one’s turn to speak. _Couper la — à quelqu’un_; to interrupt any
one speaking. _—s mémorables_; notable sayings. _Il a la — lente_; his
utterance is slow _or_ he is slow of utterance. _Il a la — tremblante_;
his voice falters. _La puissance de la —_; the might of eloquence.
_Engager sa —_; to promise, to pledge one’s word. _Tenir —_, _sa —_; to
keep one’s word, to be as good as one’s word. _Donner sa —_; to give
one’s word. _Dégager sa —_; to recall one’s word. _Se dédire de sa —_,
_manquer de —_, or _manquer à sa —_; to go from, to break, one’s word.
_Il est prisonnier sur —_; he is a prisoner on parole. _Il est homme de
—_; he is a man of his word. _— d’honneur_; word of honor. _Ils ont eu
des —s_; words passed between them. _Se prendre de —s_; to have words.
_Un homme d’honneur n’a que sa —_; an honest man’s word is as good as his
bond.
=paroli=, _n.m._, double stake (at faro, &c.). _Faire —_; to double.
_Rendre le — à quelqu’un_; to outdo any one.
=paronomase=, _n.f._, paronomasia.
=paronomasie=, _n.f._, resemblance between words of different languages.
=paronychie=, _n.f._, (med.) paronychia, whitlow.
=paronyme=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) paronym; paronymous.
=paronyque=, _n.f._, (bot.) whitlowwort.
=parotide=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (anat.) parotid, parotid gland _or_
artery; (med.) parotitis, mumps; parotid.
=parotidien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (anat.) parotid.
=parotidite=, _n.f._, (med.) parotitis, mumps; (vet.) vives.
=paroxysme=, _n.m._, (med.) paroxysm, fit; (fig.) height, acme.
=parpaing= (-pin), _n.m._, (mas.) perpend-stone.
=parque=, _n.f._, (myth.) Fate, fatal sister. _pl._, Fates.
=parquer=, _v.a._, to fold, to pen, to pen up, to inclose; to surround;
(artil.) to park. _— des bœufs_; to pen cattle. _— des moutons_; to fold
sheep.
_se_ =parquer=, _v.r._, to be placed in an inclosure; (artil.) to be
parked; to be pent up.
=parquer=, _v.n._, to be penned, to be penned up (of cattle); (artil.) to
be parked.
=parquet=, _n.m._, bar (of a court of justice); office of the public
prosecutor; body of magistrates; wood flooring (of rooms); back (of a
looking-glass); (nav.) locker. _— à boulets_; (nav.) shot-locker.
=parquetage=, _n.m._, flooring; inlaid-flooring.
=parqueter=, _v.a._, to floor, to inlay.
=parqueterie= (-kè-tri), _n.f._, parquetry, inlaid flooring.
=parqueteur=, _n.m._, floor-layer.
=parrain=, _n.m._, godfather, sponsor; introducer; ☉second (in a duel).
=parricide=, _n.m._ and _adj._, parricide; matricide; parricidal;
matricidal; murderous.
=parse= _or_ =parsi=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Parsee.
=parsemer=, _v.a._, to strew, to spread, to sprinkle; to intersperse, to
stud, to dot, to spangle. _— un chemin de fleurs_; to strew a path with
flowers. _Le ciel est parsemé d’étoiles_; the sky is studded with stars.
=part=, _n.f._, share, part, portion; concern, interest; part, side,
concern. _Voilà votre —, voici la mienne_; there is your share, here
is mine. _Être de — avec quelqu’un_; to go shares with any one. _Faire
la — à quelqu’un_; to give any one his share. _Faire la — du feu_; to
circumscribe the fire; (fig.) to allow for necessary losses. _Entrer en
— avec quelqu’un_; to go shares with any one. _Mettre de —_; to give
a share (in a business); to take in as partner. _Avoir — à quelque
affaire_; to have a share in any business. _Avoir — au gâteau_; to share
in the profits of anything, to have a finger in the pie. _Prendre — à_;
to participate in, to be a party to. _Faire part de quelque chose à
quelqu’un_; to give any one a share of anything; to apprise any one of
anything. _Billets de faire —_; circular letters to announce a birth, a
death, &c. _Faire la — des accidents_; to make allowance for accidents.
_Prendre en bonne —_; to take in a good sense. _Prendre en mauvaise —_;
to take amiss. _Je le sais de bonne —_; I have it from a good source;
I know it on good authority. _Dites-lui de ma —_; tell him from me.
_Saluez-le de ma —_; remember me to him. _Je prends cela de la — d’où il
vient_; I take it from whence it comes. _Je vais quelque —_; I am going
somewhere. _On ne le trouve nulle —_; he is not to be found anywhere.
_Autre —_; somewhere else. _Nulle —_; nowhere. _En quelque — que_;
wherever. _D’une — il considérait que_; on one side he considered that.
_De — et d’autre_, _de toutes —s_; on either side, on all sides. _De —
en —_; through and through. _À —_; apart, aside. _Mettre à —_; to set
apart. _Il le tira à —_; he took him aside. _C’est un fait à —_; that is
a particular case. _Raillerie à —_; in good earnest, joking aside.
=part= (part), _n.m._, (jur.) parturition, delivery; child, infant, birth.
=partage=, _n.m._, share, lot, portion; apportionment; partition;
sharing, distribution, division. _— égal_; equal division. _Faire le —
du butin_; to divide the spoils. _La prudence est le — des vieillards_;
prudence is proper to old age. _Faire le — de_; to divide. _Être le —
de_; to be the lot of. _Tomber_, or _échoir_, _en — à_; to fall to the
lot of.
=partageable= (-jabl), _adj._, divisible into shares.
=partageant= (-jān), _n.m._, (jur.) sharer.
=partager=, _v.a._, to share; to give a share; to divide, to parcel, to
portion, to distribute; to partake of, to participate in, to take part
in. _Partagez cela entre vous_; divide that between you. _— le butin_; to
share the spoils. _Les avis se trouvent partagés_; the votes are divided.
_Il faut — le différend_; we must split the difference. _Je partage votre
joie_; I participate in, _or_ share, _or_ am a sharer in, your joy.
_se_ =partager=, _v.r._, to divide, to be divided, to part; to divide
one’s time _or_ affection, etc., between.
=partager=, _v.n._, to share, to receive a share. _Il est bien partagé_;
the fates have been kind to him, _or_ his bread is well buttered.
=partance=, _n.f._, (nav.) sailing, departure. _Coup de —_; signal for
sailing; sailing-gun. _En —_; on the point of sailing, _or_ about to sail.
=partant=, _adv._, consequently, hence; therefore, and therefore, thus.
=partenaire=, _n.m.f._, partner (at cards _or_ dancing).
=parterre=, _n.m._, flower-bed, garden-plot; (thea.) pit; audience,
public. _Réjouir le —_; to please the audience. _Aller au —_; to go into
the pit.
=parthe=, _n._ and _adj._, parthian.
=parthénogénèse=, _n.f._, (ent.) parthenogenesis.
=parthénon=, _n.m._, Parthenon.
=parti=, _n.m._, party, side, part, cause; resolution, choice, ways,
means, expedient, course, method; offer, condition; use, advantage;
calling, profession; (milit.) detachment; match (marriage). _Chef de
—_; leader of a party. _Entrer dans un —_; to join a party. _Être du
bon —_; to be on the right side. _Être du — de_; to be on the side of.
_Prendre le — de quelqu’un_; to take any one’s part, to side with any
one. _Homme de —_; party man. _Esprit de —_; party spirit. _Il a pris
son —_; he has made up his mind. _J’ai pris le — de me taire_; I chose
to be silent. _C’est un — pris_; it is a foregone conclusion, a fixed
determination. _À — pris, point de conseil_; when a man’s mind is made
up, advice is useless. _Voilà le — qu’il nous faut prendre_; this is what
we must do _or_ the course we must take. _C’est le — le plus court_; that
is the shortest way. _C’est un bon —_; it is a very good offer. _Faire un
mauvais — a quelqu’un_; to do harm to any one. _Il cherche à tirer — de
tout_; he endeavors to turn everything to account. _Il a épousé un bon
—_; he has made a good match. _Tirer le meilleur — de quelque chose_; to
make the best of anything. _En prendre son —_; to resign one’s self to
anything (to the inevitable). _De — pris_; deliberately. _Tirer — de_; to
make the best of; to turn to account. _C’est un — pris chez lui_; he will
do it.
=partiaire= (-ci-èr), _adj._, (jur.) farmer who gives a portion of the
produce of the land for rent.
=partial=, =-e= (-ci-al), _adj._, partial, biased.
=partialement= (-cial-mān), _adv._, partially, with partiality.
_se_ =partialiser= (-cia-li-), _v.r._, to be partial _or_ biased.
=partialité= (-cia-li-), _n.f._, partiality, bias.
_in_ =partibus=, _adv._, in partibus. _Un évêque in —_; a bishop in
partibus.
=participant=, =-e=, _adj._, participating.
=participant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, participant, sharer.
=participation=, _n.f._, participation, privity, share; knowledge. _La —
aux droits_; the participation of rights. _Cela s’est fait sans ma —_;
that was done without my knowledge.
=participe=, _n.m._, (gram.) participle.
=participer=, _v.n._, to partake (of), to participate, to share, to have
a share in, to be a party to. _Je participe à votre douleur_; I take part
in _or_ share your sorrow. _Le mulet participe du cheval et de l’âne_;
the mule partakes of both the horse and the ass.
=particulariser=, _v.a._, to particularize.
=particularisme=, _n.m._, (rel. pol.) particularism.
=particulariste=, _n.m._, (pol.) particularist.
=particularité=, _n.f._, particular, particularity; peculiarity,
circumstance.
=particule=, _n.f._, particle.
=particuli-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, particular, peculiar, private;
circumstantial, singular, appropriate, special; specific; express.
_L’intérêt — doit céder à l’intérêt général_; private interest must give
way to public interest. _On lui a donné une chambre —ère_; they gave him
a private room. _Le cas est fort —_; the case is altogether singular. _Il
a un talent —_; he has a peculiar talent.
=particulier=, _n.m._, particular individual, private individual,
civilian; (pop.) fellow. _Ce n’est qu’un simple —_; he is only a private
individual. _Que nous veut ce —?_ what does that fellow want with us? _En
—_; in particular, in private. _Être en son —_; to be in one’s own room.
_Il faut le voir en —_; you must see him privately. _En mon —_; as for me.
=particulièrement= (-lièr-mān), _adv._, particularly, peculiarly,
especially.
=partie= (-tî), _n.f._, part, match, game; project, plan, scheme; line of
business; client, adversary; (com.) parcel; ☉(bookkeeping) entry; (play)
game; party; contracting party. _pl._, pudenda. _Air à quatre —s_; tune
in four parts. _Tenir bien sa —_; to act one’s part well. _Vous en êtes
en — cause_; you are partly the cause of it. _Faire une — de piquet_;
to play a game at piquet. _— nulle_; drawn game. _— liée_; rubber,
(racing) heats. _— d’honneur_; conqueror. _— de plaisir_; pleasure trip.
_— publique_; public prosecutor, crown. _C’est — remise_; the pleasure
is only deferred. _Un coup de —_; masterly stroke, decisive blow. _La
— n’est pas égale_; it is not an equal match. _Quitter la —_; to give
up, to throw up the game. _Voulez-vous être de la —?_ will you be one
of us? _Lier une —_; to make up _or_ fix up a party (for amusement). _—
carrée_; pleasure party consisting of two gentlemen and two ladies. _—
fine_; select party _or_ few friends. _— intéressée_; party concerned.
_Avoir affaire à forte —_; to have to deal with more than one’s match.
_Qui n’entend qu’une — n’entend rien_; he who hears one side only,
hears nothing. _— double_; (bookkeeping) double entry. _— simple_;
(bookkeeping) single entry. _En —_; partly, in part. _En grand —_; in a
great measure. _— bien, — mal_; partly well, partly ill. _Prendre à —_;
to take to task. _Se porter — contre_; (jur.) to appear against.
=partiel=, =-le= (-ci-èl), _adj._, partial.
=partiellement= (-cièl-mān), _adv._, partially, by instalments; in part.
=partir= (partant, parti), _v.n._, to set out, to start, to go, to go
away, to depart; to be off, to spring (of birds); to come, to proceed; to
flow from; to go off (of firearms). _— du port_; to sail from the harbor.
_Faire —_; to send off, to dispatch (troops). _Il part comme l’éclair_;
he is off like lightning. _Faire — un lièvre_; to start a hare. _— d’un
éclat de rire_; to burst into a fit of laughter. _— comme un trait_; to
dart off like an arrow. _La bombe part du mortier_; the bomb is shot from
the mortar. _Cela part d’un bon cœur_; that flows from a good heart. _À
— de_; from, beginning from, reckoning from. _A — du règne de_; from the
reign of. _À — d’aujourd’hui_; from this day forward; from to-day.
=partir=, _v.a._, to part, to divide. [Only used in: _Ils ont toujours
maille à —_; they are always squabbling.] _Avoir maille à — avec_; to
have a bone to pick with.
=partir=, _n.m._, (man.) start; going, leaving.
=partisan=, _n.m._, partisan.
=partiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) partitive.
=partition=, _n.f._, partition, division; (mus.) score.
=partner=, _n.m.f._, (_—s_). _V._ =partenaire=.
=partout=, _adv._, everywhere, all over, on all sides. _— où_; wherever.
=parturition=, _n.f._, (med.) parturition.
=paru=, =-e=, _adj._, appeared, published, out.
=parure=, _n.f._, attire, dress, finery, ornament. _— de diamants_; set
of diamonds. _Meubles de même —_; furniture that matches.
=parvenir=, _v.n._, to attain, to arrive, to come, to get (at), to reach,
to succeed, to rise, to get on, to make one’s way; to reach the ears of.
_— à ses fins_; to attain one’s ends. _Faire —_; to forward, to send to
any one.
=parvenu=, =-e=, _part._, arrived, reached.
=parvenu=, _n.m._, parvenu, upstart.
=parvis=, _n.m._, parvis, open space (in front of a church); outer
sanctuary, cathedral court; (poet.) inclosure, hall, temple.
=pas=, _n.m._, step, pace; footstep, stride, walk, gait; progress,
precedence; pains, trouble, labor; threshold, passage; passage (of arms).
_Marcher d’un — léger_; to walk with a light step. _Il le suit — à —_; he
follows him step by step. _À petits —_; slowly; with short steps. _Il n’y
a qu’un —_; it is but a step from here. _Il marche à grands —_; he takes
long strides. _Marcher à — comptés_; to walk very slowly. _Faire un — en
arrière_; to draw back a little. _Aller_, _marcher_, _à — de loup_; to go
softly, stealthily, without noise. _Retourner sur ses —_; to go back, to
retrace one’s steps. _Aller à — mesurés_; to proceed with circumspection.
_Au —_; walking, at a walking pace; in time. _Faire un faux —_; to make
a false step. _— de clerc_; blunder. _Avoir le —_; to have precedence
(of). _De ce —_; directly, at once. _Mettre un cheval au —_; to walk a
horse, to rein in a horse (to a foot pace). _Mettre au —_; to discipline;
to bring any one into line; to recall any one to his duty, to put any one
on his good behavior. _— accéléré_; (milit.) quick time, quick march. _—
redoublé_; (milit.) double quick time. _Marcher sur les — de quelqu’un_;
to tread in any one’s footsteps. _Se tirer d’un mauvais —_; to get out of
a scrape. _Sauter le —_; to take a resolution; (fam.) to kick the bucket.
_— d’une vis_; furrow of a screw. _— de fusée_; (horl.) turn of a fusee.
_Aller au —_; to walk (of a horse). _Y aller de ce —_; to go (anywhere)
directly, at once. _Ce n’est que le premier — qui coûte_; in everything
the beginning is the difficulty.
=pas=, _adv._, no; not, not any. _— un_; not one. _Je ne veux —_; I will
not. _— du tout_; not at all. _Presque —_; scarcely any. _Je n’ai — de
livre_; I have no book.
=pascal=, =-e=, _adj._, paschal.
=pas-d’âne=, _n.m._, (_—_) sharp bridle-bit; basket-hilt (of a sword);
(bot.) colt’s-foot.
=pasigraphie=, _n.f._, pasigraphy.
=pasquin=, _n.m._, pasquin.
=pasquinade=, _n.f._, pasquinade, lampoon.
☉=pasquiniser=, _v.a._, to lampoon, to satirize.
=passable=, _adj._, passable, tolerable, middling, decent.
=passablement=, _adv._, passably, tolerably, indifferently, middlingly.
=passade=, _n.f._, passing, short stay; (fig.) passing fancy, temporary
connection; (man.) passade, ducking. _Je ne suis que de — à Paris_; I am
only making a short stay in Paris.
=passage=, _n.m._, passage; arcade; thoroughfare, crossing; transition,
transit; passage-money; toll; lane, court; gateway, archway. _Oiseaux de
—_; birds of passage. _— à niveau_ (railways); level crossing. _Otez-vous
du —_; stand out of the way. _Se faire —_ or _s’ouvrir un —_; to make, to
cut, one’s way through. _Attendre_, or _guetter_, _au —_; to lie in wait
for, to waylay, to wait for any one on his way. _Barrer le —_; to bar,
to stand in the way. _Céder le — à_; to let pass first. _Livrer — à_; to
make way for.
=passager=, _v.a._ and _n._, (man.) to passage. _— un cheval_; to passage
a horse.
=passag-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, passing, transient, transitory, fugitive,
fleeting, short-lived, momentary; migratory.
=passag-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, passenger; person passing through;
traveler; passer-by.
=passagèrement= (-jèr-mān), _adv._, transiently, for a moment.
=passant=, _n.m._, passenger, passer-by; wayfarer, traveler.
=passant=, =-e=, _adj._, open, much frequented; (of colors) fading.
_Un chemin —_; a much frequented thoroughfare. _Une rue —e_; a much
frequented street. _En —_; going along; on the way; (fig.) by the way.
_Disons le en —_; let us say so by the way.
=passation=, _n.f._, (jur.) drawing up a title-deed, a contract, passing
(of contracts).
=passavant=, _n.m._, pass, permit (of the custom-house); (nav.) gangway.
=passe=, _n.f._, pass, situation, state, case; (print.) overplus; (fenc.)
pass, passado, thrust; port (at billiards); channel, passage (of harbors,
of rivers); odd money; stake (at play); (geog.) track. _Être en — d’avoir
quelque emploi_; to be in a fair way to procure employment. _Il est en
fort belle —_; he has a very fine prospect before him.
=passe=, _adv._, let it be so. _— encore pour cela_; well, well, let that
be too; well and good.
=passé=, =-e=, _part._, past, gone, over; dead, vanished; faded, worn,
out of use; withered. _Il a trente ans —s_; he is over thirty. _La pluie
est —e_; the rain is over.
=passé=, _n.m._, past, past life, time past, things past; (gram.) past
tense.
=passé=, _prep._, except; after.
=passe-campane=, _n.f._, (_—_) (vet.) capellet.
=passe-carreau=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) sleeve-board.
=passe-cheval=, _n.m._, horse ferry-boat.
=passe-debout=, _n.m._, (_—_) permit for transit.
=passe-dix=, _n.m._, (_—_) passage (play).
=passe-droit=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) favor; injustice, wrong.
=passée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) flight, passage (of woodcocks). _Tuer des
bécasses à la —_; to shoot woodcocks as they fly by.
=passe-fleur=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (bot.) a species of anemone.
=passéger=, _v.n._ _V._ =passager=.
=passe-lacet=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) bodkin.
=passement= (pâs-mān), _n.m._, lace (of gold, silk, etc., for clothes
_or_ furniture).
=passementer= (pâs-man-té), _v.a._, to lace (clothes, furniture).
=passementerie= (pâs-man-trî), _n.f._, lace, lace-making, lace-trade.
=passementi-er= (-tié), _n.m._, =-ère= (-tièr), _n.f._, lace-maker,
lace-man, lace-woman.
*=passe-méteil=, _n.m._, meslin (mixture of wheat and rye).
=passe-parole=, _n.m._, (_—_) (milit.) pass-parole.
=passe-partout=, _n.m._, (_—_) master-key, pass-key, latch-key; (engr.)
passe-partout; (print.) factotum; compass-saw. _L’argent est un bon —_;
money opens most doors.
=passe-passe=, _n.m._, (_—_) sleight of hand. _Tour de —_; legerdemain;
hocus-pocus.
=passe-pied=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) passe-pied (dance).
=passe-pierre=, _n.f._, (_—_, or _—-—s_), samphire, sea-samphire.
=passepoil=, _n.m._, piping (for clothes).
=passe-pomme=, _n.f._, jenneting.
=passeport=, _n.m._, passport; pass; (fig.) recommendation.
=passer=, _v.n._, to pass, to pass on, to pass along, to pass away;
to die, to expire; to pass for, to be considered; to pass muster; to
fade (of flowers). _Cette fleur est passée_; that flower is faded.
_— en sautant_; to skip over. _— par_; to pass through. _Laisser —_;
to overlook. _Il a passé par la ville_; he passed through the town.
_Passez par ici_; come this way. _— outre_; to go beyond; (fig.) to
move the previous question. _Il a passé par de rudes épreuves_; he has
gone through severe trials. _Mes beaux jours sont passés_; my best days
are over. _La fantaisie m’en est passée_; I have no desire for it now.
_Faire —_; to let in, to admit; to pass on, to pass off; to hand round,
to forward; to infuse, to instill; to while away (of time). _Faire — un
mal_; to cure an illness. _Il passera un jour par mes mains_; some day
or other he will fall into my hands. _Cela est passé en proverbe_; that
has become a proverb. _Il faut en — par là_; we must submit, there is no
way out of it; it must be borne, _or_ endured. _Il faut y —_; we must go
through it. _Il ne lui passe rien_; he forgives him nothing. _— chez_; to
call on. _Je passerai chez vous demain_; I will call on you to-morrow.
_Cela m’a passé de l’esprit_; that has slipped my memory. _Il a été passé
par les armes_; he was shot. _— pour_; to pass for, to be considered _or_
thought. _On ne passe pas_; no thoroughfare. _J’en passe: ... et des
meilleures_; I pass over some of the most valid reasons; I omit some, and
they are not to be despised. _Passons au déluge_; granted; let’s come to
the point, if you don’t mind. _Passons!_ I will not insist.
=passer=, _v.a._, to pass, to cross, to go over; to ferry across; to
slip, to exceed, to surpass; to utter (base coin); to strain (liquids);
to run (tape); to put on (wearing apparel); to dress (skins, stuffs);
to omit, to leave out; to allow, to grant, to pardon, to waive. _— la
rivière_; to cross the river. _— la rivière à la nage_; to swim across
the river. _Passez votre chemin_; go your way. _— son habit_; to put on
one’s coat. _Je n’y entends rien, cela me passe_; I can’t make it out, it
is beyond my comprehension; that beats me. _— son temps à se divertir_;
to spend one’s time in amusement. _— son envie d’une chose_; to gratify
one’s desire for a thing. _— sous silence_; to take no notice of. _Passez
cet endroit_; pass over that place. _Passez moi cet article_; pass me
that article. _— condamnation sur soi-même_; to pass sentence on one’s
self. _— une obligation_; to enter into a bond. _— un soldat par les
baguettes_; to make a soldier run the gauntlet. _— tout le monde au fil
de l’épée_; to put everybody to the sword. _Voulez-vous me — cela?_ will
you hand, pass, me that?
_se_ =passer=, _v.r._, to pass, to pass away; to fade; to decay, to fall
off; to happen; to be satisfied; to forbear, to do without, to dispense
with, to make shift. _L’occasion se passe_; the opportunity is slipping
away. _Je dois l’avertir de tout ce qui se passe_; I must inform him
of everything that happens. _Il se passe de peu_; he is satisfied with
little. _Il ne saurait se — de vin_; he cannot do without, _or_ dispense
with, wine.
=passerage=, _n.f._, (bot.) pepperwort.
=passereau= (pâ-srô), _n.m._, (orni.) sparrow.
=passerelle= (pâ-srèl), _n.f._, foot-bridge; (nav.) gangway.
=passerine= (pâ-sri-n), _n.f._, (bot.) sparrowwort.
=passerinette= (pâ-sri-nèt), _n.f._, (orni.) redwing.
=passe-rose=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (bot.) hollyhock.
=passe-temps=, _n.m._, (_—_) pastime.
=passeur=, _n.m._, ferry-man.
=passe-velours=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) coxcomb, flower-gentle.
=passe-vin= (pâs-vin), _n.m._, (_—_) wine-strainer.
☉=passe-volant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) interloper, intruder; (milit.) fagot.
=passibilité=, _n.f._, passibility.
=passible=, _adj._, passible; liable (to); punishable (by).
=passi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, passive. _Dette —ve_; debt.
=passif=, _n.m._, (gram.) passive; (com.) liabilities, debts.
=passiflore=, _n.f._, (bot.) granadilla, passion-flower.
=passion=, _n.f._, passion; love; fondness; prejudice; passing bell;
Passion sermon. _Commander à ses —s_; to curb one’s passions. _Déclarer
sa —_; to declare one’s love. _Il a la — des médailles_; he thinks of
nothing but medals. _De —_, _avec —_; passionately.
=passionné=, =-e=, _adj._, passionate, impassioned, passionately fond of,
doting on. _Amant —_; passionate lover. _Il est — pour la gloire_; he
thinks of nothing but glory.
=passionnément=, _adv._, passionately, fondly.
=passionner=, _v.a._, to impassion, to interest deeply.
_se_ =passionner=, _v.r._, to be impassioned, to become enamored, to have
a strong desire for; to take a deep interest in. _Vous vous passionnez
trop_; you are too ardent _or_ impetuous.
=passivement= (-siv-mān), _adj._, passively.
=passiveté= _or_ =passivité=, _n.f._, passiveness.
=passoire=, _n.f._, colander, strainer.
=pastel=, _n.m._, pastel; crayon; (bot.) woad, dyer’s woad.
=pastenade=, _n.f._, (bot.) parsnip.
=pastèque=, _n.f._, water-melon.
=pasteur=, _n.m._, pastor, minister; clergyman; shepherd.
=pastiche=, _n.m._, (paint.) pasticcio; imitation (of an author); (mus.)
medley.
*=pastille=, _n.f._, lozenge.
=pastisson=, _n.m._ _V._ =pâtisson=.
=pastoral=, =-e=, _adj._, pastoral.
=pastorale=, _n.f._, pastoral.
=pastoralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, pastorally.
=pastoureau=, _n.m._, little shepherd boy.
=pastourelle=, _n.f._, shepherd girl; (dance) pastourelle.
=pat= (pat), _n.m._, stalemate (at chess).
=patache=, _n.f._, (nav.) patache; coach, public conveyance; rickety old
coach.
=patagon=, _n.m._, patacoon (Spanish coin).
=pataquès= (-kèss), _n.m._, (fam.) fault which consists in sounding a _t_
for an _s_, and an _s_ for a _t_; dreadful slip.
=patarafe=, _n.f._, scrawl; flourish, dash.
=patard=, _n.m._, farthing, doit.
=patarin=, _n.m._ _V._ =albigeois= and =vaudois=.
=patate=, _n.f._, (bot.) sweet potato; potato; “tater.”
=patati=, =patata=, _int._, tut, tut! pooh! pooh!
=patatras!= _int._, crack! thump! slap! bang!
=pataud=, _n.m._, pup with large paws; (fig.) lout, clumsy fellow. _Être
à nage —_; to be in clover.
=pataud=, =-e=, _adj._, (pers.) ill made, clumsy, awkward.
=patauger=, _v.n._, to splash, to flounder about; to become entangled,
embarrassed; to make a mess of.
=patchouli=, _n.m._, patchouli.
=pate=, _n.f._ _V._ =patte=.
=pâte=, _n.f._, paste, dough; constitution, temper; kind, sort; (print.)
pie, pi. _— brisée_; short paste. _— feuilletée_; puff paste. _—
croquante_; crisp paste. _Mettre la main à la —_; to do a thing one’s
self; to set to work one’s self; to lend a helping hand. _C’est une
bonne — d’homme_; he is a good-natured fellow. _Une bonne — de femme_; a
good-natured woman.
=pâté=, _n.m._, pie, pasty; blot (of ink); block (of buildings); (print.)
pie, pi. _Un — de venaison_; a venison pasty. _Faire le —_; to pack the
cards (at play). _Un gros —_; a plump chub-faced child. _Faire un —_; to
make a blot. _Petit —_; patty.
=pâtée=, _n.f._, paste (to fatten poultry); mess (for dogs or cats).
=patelin= (pa-tlin), _n.m._, (fam.) wheedler.
=patelin=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) wheedling. _Air —_; wheedling look.
=patelinage= (pa-tli-), _n.m._, (fam.) wheedling.
=pateliner= (pa-tli-), _v.n._, (fam.) to wheedle.
=pateliner=, _v.a._, (fam.) to manage adroitly.
=patelineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (fam.) wheedler.
=patelle=, _n.f._, patella; (conch.) limpet.
=patemment= (-ta-), _adv._, evidently, obviously, publicly.
=patène=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) paten, patin.
=patenôtre= (pa-tnôtr), _n.f._, paternoster; Lord’s prayer. _pl._, (pop.)
beads of a rosary.
☉=patenôtrier=, _n.m._, bead-maker.
=patent=, =-e=, _adj._, patent; obvious, manifest. _Lettres —es_; letters
patent.
=patentable=, _adj._, licensable.
=patente=, _n.f._, license (for the exercise of a trade); (nav.) bill of
health. _— nette_; clean bill. _— brute_; foul bill.
=patenté=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, licensed dealer; licensed.
=patenter=, _v.a._, to license.
=pater= (pa-tèr), _n.m._, (_—_) Lord’s prayer, paternoster; great bead
(of a chaplet).
=patère=, _n.f._, window-screw; clothes peg; curtain rest, curtain hook.
☉=paterne=, _adj._, (jest.) fatherly, paternal.
=paternel=, =-le=, _adj._, paternal, fatherly. _Parents —s_; relations
on the father’s side. _Bénédiction —le_; father’s blessing. _Amour —_;
fatherly love.
=paternellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, paternally, fatherly.
=paternité=, _n.f._, paternity, fathership.
=pâteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, doughy, clammy, sticky; milky (of gems); muddy
(of roads). _Chemin —_; muddy road.
=pathétique=, _adj._, pathetic, affecting, moving, touching.
=pathétique=, _n.m._, pathos.
=pathétiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, pathetically.
=pathognomonique=, _adj._, pathognomonic.
=pathologie=, _n.f._, pathology.
=pathologique=, _adj._, pathologic.
=pathologiste=, _n.m._, pathologist.
=pathos= (pa-tôs), _n.m._, (b.s.) bathos, bombast, fustian, rant.
=patibulaire=, _adj._, patibulary (gallows, hanging). _n._, gallows,
gibbet.
=patiemment= (pa-sia-mān), _adv._, patiently, with patience.
=patience=, _n.f._, patience, endurance, forbearance; button-cleaner;
puzzle (game). _Un jeu de —_; a puzzle. _Avoir de la —_; to have
patience. _Être à bout de —_; to be out of patience, to lose patience.
_Prendre son mal en —_; to bear one’s misfortune patiently. _Perdre —_;
to lose patience. _Perdre toute —_; to lose all patience. _Prendre —_; to
have patience, to bide one’s time. _Prendre en —_; to bear patiently.
=patience=, _n.f._, (bot.) patience, dock.
=patient=, =-e=, _adj._, patient, enduring, forbearing.
=patient=, _n.m._, sufferer; patient; culprit (about to be executed).
=patienter=, _v.n._, to have or take patience, to bide one’s time.
=patin=, _n.m._, skate; sill (of a stair-case); clump (of boots); patten,
clog, snow-shoe.
=patine=, _n.f._, patina, verd-antique (fine rust on medals).
=patiner=, _v.n._, to skate; (of wheels) to slide.
=patiner=, _v.a._, to handle, to fumble, to paw; (l.ex.) to feel about.
=patineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, skater.
=patineur=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) handler, fumbler.
=patio=, _n.m._, court (Spanish).
=pâtir=, _v.n._, to suffer; to drudge; to toil. _Vous en pâtirez_; you’ll
suffer for it, you’ll rue it.
=pâtis=, _n.m._, pasture-ground.
=pâtisser=, _v.n._, to make pastry.
=pâtisserie= (pâ-ti-srî), _n.f._, pastry; pastry-business.
=pâtissi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, pastry-cook.
=pâtissoire=, _n.f._, pastry-board, pastry-table.
=pâtisson=, _n.m._, (bot.) squash-melon.
=patois=, _n.m._, patois, dialect; jargon, lingo; rigmarole.
=pâton=, _n.m._, bolus (for fattening poultry).
=patraque=, _n.f._, rubbish, trumpery thing; bad watch; (pers.)
broken-down, worn out, poor stick; gimcrack.
=pâtre=, _n.m._, herdsman, shepherd.
_ad_ =patres= (pa-très), _adv._, (triv.) to kingdom come. _Envoyer
quelqu’un ad —_; to knock any one on the head, to kill.
=patriarcal=, =-e=, _adj._, patriarchal.
=patriarcat=, _n.m._, patriarchate, patriarchship.
=patriarche=, _n.m._, patriarch.
=patrice=, _n.m._, patrician.
=patriciat=, _n.m._, dignity of a patrician; order of patricians;
patriciate.
=patricien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, patrician.
=patrie=, _n.f._, native country, native land, home, fatherland;
birth-place.
=patrimoine=, _n.m._, patrimony, inheritance.
=patrimonial=, =-e=, _adj._, patrimonial.
=patriote=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, patriot; patriotic.
=patriotique=, _adj._, patriotic.
=patriotiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, like a patriot, patriotically.
=patriotisme=, _n.m._, patriotism.
☉=patrociner=, _v.n._, (jest.) to argue; to lecture, to talk.
=patron=, _n.m._, patron; patron saint; master (of a house); master,
employer; (fam.) governor; principal; (nav.) coxswain; master (of
slaves); (canon law) advowee; pattern, model; (tech.) templet. _— d’un
vaisseau marchand_; master of a merchantman. _— de chaloupe_; coxswain
of a longboat. _Je veux parler au —_; I want to speak to the principal,
to the governor. _Faire un —_; to take a pattern. _Dès — minette_; from
cockcrow.
=patronage=, _n.m._, patronage; pattern-work; advowson.
=patronal=, =-e=, _adj._, patronal. _Fête —e_; patron saint’s day.
=patronat=, _n.m._, (Rom. hist.) protection, patronizing; patronate;
employment of labor.
☉=patroniser=, _v.a._, to patronize.
☉_dès le_ =patron-jaquet=, _dès le_ =patron-minet=, _adv._, very early,
at daybreak.
=patronne=, _n.f._, patroness; female guardian saint; employer, mistress.
=patronner=, _v.n._, to patronize, to take the pattern of; to stencil.
=patronner=, _v.a._, to patronize.
=patronnesse=, _adj.f._, patronizing, supporting. _Dame —_; lady who
gives her patronage.
=patronymique=, _adj._, patronymic.
*=patrouillage=, _n.m._, (l.u.) mess, paddling.
*=patrouille=, _n.f._, patrol. _Faire la —_; to patrol. _— grise_;
night-patrol.
*=patrouiller=, _v.n._, (pop.) to paddle, to puddle, mess about; (milit.)
to patrol.
*=patrouiller=, _v.a._, (pop.) to spoil things (by messing them about).
*=patrouillis=, _n.m._, mess, puddle.
=patte=, _n.f._, paw (of animals); flap (of pockets); foot (of birds, of
glasses); leg (of an insect). _— de chien_; dog’s paw. _— d’oie_; foot
of a goose. _— de collet_; shoulder-strap. _Des —s d’araignée_; spider’s
legs. _—s d’écrevisse_; claws of a crayfish, fluke (of anchors); (tech.)
cramp, hook, holdfast. _Marcher à quatre —s_; to go on all fours. _Passer
sous la — de quelqu’un_; to fall into any one’s clutches. _Mettre la
— sur quelqu’un_; to lay hands upon any one. _Donner un coup de — à
quelqu’un_; to slang any one in (his presence _or_ absence). _Graisser la
— à quelqu’un_; to give any one a sop, to fee any one. _—s de mouches_;
scrawl. _Faire — de velours_; to cajole, to flatter; to touch softly.
=patte-d’oie=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) goose-foot; intersection of
several roads; crow’s foot.
☉=patte-pelu=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_), patte-pelue, _n.f._, (_—-—s_), wolf in
sheep’s clothing; hypocrite.
=pattu=, =-e=, _adj._, rough-footed; heavy, large-pawed.
=pâturage=, _n.m._, pasture, pasture-ground, grazing.
=pâture=, _n.f._, food, pasturage. _Servir de — à_; to become the prey
(of). _Vaine —_; common. _Droit de vaine —_; common of pasture.
=pâturer=, _v.n._, to pasture, to graze, to feed.
=pâtureur=, _n.m._, (milit.) pastor, pasturer.
=paturin=, _n.m._, (bot.) meadow-grass. _— comprimé_; wire-grass.
=pâturon=, _n.m._, pastern (of a horse).
=paucité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) paucity.
=paulette=, _n.f._, tax (formerly paid for permission to dispose of one’s
office).
=paulo-post-futur=, _n.m._, (gram.) paulo-post-future.
=paulownia=, _n.m._, (bot.) paulownia.
=paume=, _n.f._, palm (of the hand); tennis rackets (game). _Longue —_;
lawn-tennis. _Jeu de —_; tennis, tennis court, racket court.
=paumelle=, _n.f._, sort of barley; hand-leather, hand-guard.
=paumer=, _v.a._, (pop.) to give a punch, to slap, to smack; to grab, to
nab.
=paumier=, _n.m._, tennis-court keeper.
=paumoyer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to underrun (cables).
=paumure=, _n.f._, top-antlers.
=paupérisme=, _n.m._, pauperism.
=paupière=, _n.f._, eyelid; eyelash; (fig.) eye, eyes. _Fermer la —_; to
shut one’s eyes; to sleep; to die.
=pause=, _n.f._, pause, stop, rest, stand; (mus.) rest, semi-breve rest.
=pauser=, _v.a._, (mus.) to pause, to make a pause.
=pauvre=, _adj._, poor, needy, wretched, destitute; paltry, sorry,
scanty; mean, beggarly. _Une langue —_; a poor language. _Un sujet —_; a
barren subject. _Le — homme!_ poor silly fellow! _— d’esprit_; poor in
spirit; weak-headed. _Un homme —_; a poor man. _C’est un — poète_; he is
a wretched poet. _Un — hère_, _un — diable_; a poor devil.
=pauvre=, _n.m._, poor person, poor man, pauper, beggar. _—s honteux_;
poor people who are ashamed to beg. _Aux —s la besace_; the back is made
for the burden.
=pauvrement=, _adv._, poorly, wretchedly.
=pauvresse=, _n.f._, poor woman, beggar-woman, beggar-girl.
=pauvret=, _n.m._, =-te=, _n.f._, poor creature, poor thing.
=pauvreté=, _n.f._, poverty, indigence, need; sorry thing, wretchedness.
_— n’est pas vice_; poverty is no crime. _Dire des —_; to deal in
platitudes.
=pavage=, _n.m._, pavement, paving.
=pavane=, _n.f._, pavan (dance).
_se_ =pavaner=, _v.r._, to strut, to strut along; to stalk proudly; to
flaunt.