Chapter M (7)

=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.