Chapter M (9)

=péteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) sorry fellow, milksop.

*=pétillant=, =-e=, _adj._, crackling, sparkling.

*=pétillement=, _n.m._, crackling, sparkling.

*=pétiller=, _v.n._, to crackle; to sparkle; to long to do a thing, to be eager to. _Son ouvrage pétille d’esprit_; his work sparkles with wit. _Ses yeux pétillent_; his eyes sparkle. _— d’impatience_; to boil over with impatience.

=pétiolaire= (-ci-), _adj._, (bot.) petiolary.

=pétiole= (-ci-), _n.m._, (bot.) petiole, leaf-stalk.

=pétiolé=, =-e= (-ci-), _adj._, (bot.) petiolate.

=petiot=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, tiny, wee; little fellow, little one; darling.

=petit=, =-e=, _adj._, little, small, diminutive, short, unimportant, petty, slight, trifling; light; faint; grand (of one’s children’s children). _—-fils_ (_—s-—_); grandson. _Un — homme_; a little man. _Un homme —_; a mean man. _Un — roi_; a petty king. _Le — peuple_; the common people. _Le — monde_; the common people. _—e guerre_. _V._ =guerre=. _— collet_; young clergyman. _—e vérole_; small-pox. _De la —e bière_; small-beer. _— à —_; by degrees. _—-maître_, (_—s-—s_) coxcomb. _—e-maîtresse_, (_—s-—s_) belle; vain, foppish woman. _— à — l’oiseau fait son nid_; small strokes fell great oaks. _Les —s ruisseaux font les grandes rivières_; many a little makes a mickle. _En —_, _au — pied_; in miniature, on a small scale. _En — pays_; in a small way. _Être aux —s soins pour_; to be all attention to. _— mercier — panier_; (prov.) small positions for small brains.

=petit=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, little child; little one; dear, darling; young one; whelp, pup, kitten, cub. _Les petits_; (at school) the junior boys. _Les —s d’une chienne_; the pups of a bitch. _Les —s d’une truie_; the litter of a sow. _Faire des —s_; to bring forth young ones. _Pauvre —_; poor little fellow _or_ chap.

=petitement= (pĕtit-mān), _adv._, in a small way; little; slenderly, meanly, poorly. _Il est logé —_; he has modest lodgings, he is cramped for room.

=petite-oie=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (cook.) giblets; ☉stockings, gloves, hat and other minor parts of clothing; ☉minor tokens of love.

=petitesse=, _n.f._, smallness, littleness, shortness, insignificance; meanness, shabbiness; shallowness, narrowness. _— d’âme_; meanness of soul. _— d’esprit_; narrowness of mind. _C’est une — de sa part_; it is a piece of meanness on his part.

=petit-gris=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) minever, Siberian squirrel.

=pétition=, _n.f._, petition, memorial, request. _Faire une —_; to draw up, to address, a petition. _Faire présenter une —_; to petition, to memorialize. _— de principe_; (log.) petitio principii, begging the question.

=pétitionnaire=, _n.m.f._, petitioner, applicant.

=pétitionnement=, _n.m._, petitioning, memorializing.

=pétitionner=, _v.n._, to make a request, to petition, to memorialize.

=pétitoire=, _adj._, (jur.) petitory (claiming the right of property in real estate).

=pétitoire=, _n.m._, (jur.) claim of ownership.

=peton=, _n.m._, foot (of children); tiny foot.

=pétoncle=, _n.m._, (conch.) scallop.

=pétreau=, _n.m._, (gard.) sucker (of a tree).

=pétrée=, _adj.f._, (geog.) stony. [Only used in _Arabie —_; Arabia Petræa.]

=pétrel=, _n.m._, (orni.) petrel.

=pétreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (anat.) stone-like; rocky, stony.

=pétri=, =-e=, _part._, kneaded. _C’est un homme tout — de salpêtre_; he is a passionate _or_ violent-tempered man. _— d’ignorance_; steeped in ignorance.

=pétrifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, petrifying.

=pétrification=, _n.f._, petrifaction, petrification.

=pétrifier=, _v.a._, to petrify.

_se_ =pétrifier=, _v.r._, to petrify, to turn into stone.

=pétrin=, _n.m._, kneading-trough; scrape, hobble, pickle; hot-water. _Se mettre dans le —_; to get into hot-water, into a scrape. _Un — impossible_; terrible, indescribable disorder, confusion.

=pétrir=, _v.a._, to knead, to mold, to form.

=pétrissable=, _adj._, that can be kneaded; (fig.) yielding, pliant, submissive, obedient, easily led.

=pétrissage=, _n.m._, kneading, working, forming.

=pétrisseur=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, kneader, journeyman-baker. _— mécanique_; kneading machine.

=pétrole=, _n.m._, petroleum, rock-oil.

=pétroleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, miscreant who commits arson by means of petroleum (as in France under the Commune).

=pétrosilex= (-lèks), _n.m._, (min.) petrosilex.

_in_ =petto= (i-n pèt-to), _adv._, in petto, secretly, inwardly.

=pétulamment= (-la-mān), _adv._, petulantly.

=pétulance=, _n.f._, petulance, petulancy.

=pétulant=, =-e=, _adj._, petulant; saucy, frisky.

☉=petun=, _n.m._, tobacco, snuff.

☉=petuner=, _v.n._, to take snuff; to smoke.

=pétunia=, _n.m._, (bot.) petunia.

=pétunsé= _or_ =pétunzé=, _n.m._, petunse, china-stone.

=peu=, _adv._, little, not much, few, not many. _— ou point_; little or nothing. _Ni — ni point_; none at all. _— d’argent_; little money. _— d’hommes_; few men. _— aimable_; not very amiable. _Fort —_; very little. _Quelque —_; a little. _Si — que_; however little. _Si — que rien_; next to nothing. _Tant soit —_; ever so little. _— à —_; by degrees. _Dans —_, _dans — de temps_; in a little _or_ short time. _Dans — de jours_; in a few days. _À — près_, _à — de chose près_; nearly about, within a trifle. _Attendez un —_; wait a little. _Imaginez un —!_ just fancy! _Pour — que_; if only ... if at all ... if ... ever so little.

=peu=, _n.m._, little, few. _Le — que je vaux_; the little (that) I am worth. _Encore un —_; a little longer; a little more. _Se contenter de —_; to be contented with little. _Vivre de —_; to live on next to nothing.

=peulvan= _or_ =peulven=, _n.m._, (archæol.) menhir.

=peuplade=, _n.f._, colony; tribe; horde.

=peuple=, _adj._, (l.u.) vulgar, common.

=peuplé=, =-e=, _adj._, peopled; stocked; planted (with); filled (with).

=peuple=, _n.m._, people, nation, race, tribe; multitude, crowd, citizens, working classes, lower classes; vulgar; fry (fish); sucker (of a plant); ☉(bot.) poplar; (techn.) deal-wood. _Le menu —_, _le bas —_, _le petit —_; the common people. _La lie du —_; the scum of the people. _Mettre du — dans un étang_; to stock a pond with fry.

=peuplement=, _n.m._, peopling; stocking a poultry-yard, a pond; planting new trees.

=peupler=, _v.a._, to people, to populate; to stock with inhabitants; to stock with animals; to plant, to propagate; to breed.

_se_ =peupler=, _v.r._, to become peopled.

=peupler=, _v.n._, to multiply, to breed.

=peuplier=, _n.m._, poplar.

=peur=, _n.f._, fear, fright; dread, terror. _Avoir —_; to be afraid. _Avoir grand’peur_; to be in great fear. _Mourir de —_; to be frightened to death, to die of fright. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to frighten any one. _Sans —_; fearless. _En être quitte pour la —_; to get off with the fright; to be merely frightened. _Avoir — de son ombre_; to be afraid of one’s shadow. _Être mis à faire —_; to look a fright. _Avoir plus de — que de mal_; to be more frightened than hurt. _De — de_; for fear of. _De — que_; lest, for fear that. _De — qu’il ne le sache_; lest he should know it.

=peureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fearful, timid, timorous.

=peut-être=, _adj._, perhaps, may be, perchance, peradventure. _— viendra-t-il_, _— qu’il viendra_; perhaps he will come. _— que oui_; perhaps so.

=peut-être=, _n.m._, perhaps, supposition. _Il n’y a pas de —_; there is no perhaps in the matter.

=phaéton=, _n.m._, phaeton, (fam.) Jehu, driver.

=phagédénique=, _adj._, (med.) phagedenic.

=phagédénisme=, _n.m._, (med.) phagedena.

=phalange=, _n.f._, phalanx, battalion, band; force, host; (anat.) phalanx.

=phalanger=, _n.m._, (mam.) phalanger.

=phalangite=, _n.m._, soldier of a phalanx.

=phalanstère=, _n.m._, phalanstery.

=phalanstérien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, phalansterian.

=phalaris= (-ris), _n.m._, (bot.) phalaris, canary grass.

=phalarope=, _n.m._, (orni.) phalarope.

=phalène=, _n.f._, (ent.) moth.

=phaleuce= _or_ =phaleuque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (Gr. and Lat. poet.) hendecasyllable; hendecasyllabic.

=phallique=, _adj._, phallic.

=phanérogame=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (bot.) phanerogamic plant; phanerogamous.

=phantaisie=, _n.f._ _V._ =fantaisie=.

=phantasmagorie=, _n.f._ _V._ =fantasmagorie=.

=phantasmagorique=, _adj._ _V._ =fantasmagorique=.

=pharaon=, _n.m._, Pharaoh.

=pharaon=, _n.m._, faro, pharaon (card game).

=pharaonique=, _adj._, Pharaonic.

=phare=, _n.m._, light-house, beacon, beacon-light. _— flottant_; light-ship.

*=pharillon=, _n.m._, lantern (used by fishermen to attract fish at night).

=pharisaïque=, _adj._, Pharisaic, Pharisaical.

=pharisaïsme=, _n.m._, Pharisaism.

=pharisien= (-zi-in), _n.m._, =-ne= (-zi-è-n), _n.f._, Pharisee.

=pharmaceutique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, pharmaceutics; pharmaceutical.

=pharmacie=, _n.f._, pharmacy; chemist’s shop; apothecary’s shop, apothecary’s business; medicine chest; dispensary. _— domestique_; medicine chest.

=pharmacien= (-in), _n.m._, apothecary; chemist and druggist.

=pharmacologie=, _n.f._, pharmacology.

=pharmacologique=, _adj._, relating to pharmacology.

=pharmacopée=, _n.f._, pharmacopœia.

=pharmacopole=, _n.m._, (jest.) pharmacopolist; vendor of drugs.

=pharyngite=, _n.f._, (med.) pharyngitis.

=pharynx=, _n.m._, pharynx.

=phase=, _n.f._, phase, phasis; aspect; stage, period, turn.

=phaséole=, _n.f._ _V._ =faséole=.

=phébé=, _n.f._, (poet.) the moon.

=phébus= (-bûs), _n.m._, (myth.) Phœbus; (fig.) ranter, fine talker; bombast, fustian. _Parler —_; to talk fustian, to rant. _Donner dans le —_; to write fustian.

=phénicien=, =-ne= (-ci-in, -ci-è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Phœnician.

=phénicoptère=, _n.m._, (orni.) phenicopter, flamingo.

=phénique=, _adj._, (chem.) carbolic, phenic.

=phénix= (fé-niks), _n.m._, phenix, fabulous bird; (astron.) Phenix. _C’est un —_; he is a very marvel.

=phénol=, _n.m._, phenol.

=phénoménal=, =-e=, _adj._, phenomenal.

=phénomène=, _n.m._, phenomenon. _C’est un — que de vous voir ici_; it is quite a miracle, a wonder, to see you here.

=phil-= _or_ =philo-=, a prefix from Gr. φίλος.

=philanthrope=, _n.m._, philanthropist.

=philanthropie=, _n.f._, philanthropy.

=philanthropique=, _adj._, philanthropic.

=philharmonique=, _adj._, philharmonic.

=philhellène=, _n.m.f._, philhellenist.

=philinte=, _n.m._, (fig.) everybody’s friend.

=philippique=, _n.f._, philippic.

=philistin=, _n.m._, philistine; (fig.) snob, cockney, vulgar fellow.

=phillyrée=, _n.f._, (bot.) phillyrea.

=philologie=, _n.f._, philology.

=philologique=, _adj._, philological.

=philologue=, _n.m._, philologist.

=philomathique=, _adj._, philomathic.

=philomèle=, _n.f._, (poet.) philomela (the nightingale).

=philosophale=, _adj.f._, philosopher’s. _Pierre —_; philosopher’s stone.

=philosophe=, _n.m._, philosopher.

=philosopher=, _v.n._, to philosophize.

=philosophie=, _n.f._, philosophy; (print.) small pica; sixth form (in French public-schools).

=philosophique=, _adj._, philosophical.

=philosophiquement= (-fik-mān), _adv._, philosophically.

=philosophisme=, _n.m._, philosophism.

=philosophiste=, _n.m._, philosophist.

=philotechnique= (-tèk-nik), _adj._, philotechnic.

=philtre=, _n.m._, philter.

=phimosis= (-zis), _n.m._, (med.) phimosis.

=phlébite=, _n.f._, (med.) phlebitic.

=phlébotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) lancet (for bleeding).

=phlébotomie=, _n.f._, phlebotomy.

=phlébotomiser=, _v.a._, to phlebotomize.

=phlébotomiste=, _n.m._, phlebotomist.

=phlegmagogue=, _adj._, expectorant.

=phlegmasie=, _n.f._, phlegmasy.

=phlegmatique=, _adj._ _V._ =flegmatique=.

=phlegme=, _n.m._ _V._ =flegme=.

=phlegmon=, _n.m._, (med.) phlegmon.

=phlegmoneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) phlegmonous.

☉=phlogistique=, _n.m._, (chem.) phlogiston.

=phlogose=, _n.f._, (med.) inflammation.

=phlox=, _n.m._, (bot.) phlox.

=phlyctène=, _n.f._, (med.) bulla, blister.

=phœnicure=, _n.m._, (orni.) red-start, red-tail.

=pholade=, _n.f._, (conch.) pholas.

=phonétique=, _adj._, phonetic.

=phonique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, phonics; phonic.

=phonograph=, _n.m._, phonograph; (pers.) phonographer.

=phonographie=, _n.f._, phonography.

=photographique=, _adj._, phonographical.

=phonolithe=, _n.m._, (min.) phonolite.

=phonologie=, _n.f._, phonology.

=phonomètre=, _n.m._, (phys.) phonometer (to measure the intensity of sound).

=phoque=, _n.m._, (mam.) phoca, seal, sea-dog.

=phormion= _or_ =phormione=, _n.m._, (bot.) phormium.

=phosphate=, _n.m._, (chem.) phosphate.

=phosphite=, _n.m._, (chem.) phosphite.

=phosphore=, _n.m._, phosphorus.

=phosphorescence=, _n.f._, phosphorescence.

=phosphorescent=, =-e=, _adj._, phosphorescent.

=phosphoreux=, _adj._, phosphorous.

=phosphorique=, _adj._, phosphoric.

=phosphure=, _n.m._, phosphuret.

=phosphuré=, =-e=, _adj._, phosphureted.

=photographe=, _n.m._, photographist, photographer.

=photographie=, _n.f._, photography, photograph.

=photographier=, _v.a._, to photograph.

=photographique=, _adj._, photographic.

=photolithographie=, _n.f._, photolithography.

=photomètre=, _n.m._, (phys.) photometer.

=photométrie=, _n.f._, photometry.

=photométrique=, _adj._, photometric.

=photophobie=, _n.f._, (med.) photophobia.

=photosphère=, _n.f._, (astron.) photosphere.

=phrasaire=, _n.m._, phrase-book.

=phrase=, _n.f._, phrase, sentence, affected style, empty talk, twaddle. _— faite_; idiomatic phrase. _Faire des —s_; to talk in set phrases. _— toute faite_; common-place, common topic. _Membre de —_; clause.

=phrasé=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, phrased.

=phraséologie=, _n.f._, phraseology.

=phraser=, _v.a._ and _n._, (mus.) to mark the phrases; to form phrases, to phrase.

=phraseur= _or_ =phrasier=, _n.m._, (fam.) phraseologist; prolix, verbose, tedious writer or talker, twaddler; bombastic writer.

=phrénésie=, =phrénétique=. _V._ =frénésie=, =frénétique=.

=phrénique=, _adj._, (anat.) phrenic.

=phrénologie=, _n.f._, phrenology.

=phrénologique=, _adj._, phrenologic.

=phrénologiste= _or_ =phrénologue=, _n.m._, phrenologist.

=phrygien=, =-ne=, _adj._, phrygian. _Bonnet —_; phrygian cap (the cap of Liberty). _Mode —_; (mus.) warlike music (in use among the ancient Greeks).

=phtiriasis=, _n.f._, (med.) pedicular disease.

=phtisie=, _n.f._, (med.) phthisis, consumption. _Être atteint de la —_; to be in consumption, to be consumptive.

=phtisique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, consumptive person, person in consumption; phthisical, consumptive.

=phylactère=, _n.m._, phylactery.

=phylarque=, _n.m._, (antiq.) phylarch.

=phyllithe=, _n.m._, phyllite.

=phylloxera=, _n.m._, (_—_) (ent., agri.) phylloxera.

=physicien= (-in), _n.m._, natural philosopher.

=physico-mathématique=, _adj._, physico-mathematical.

=physiocrate=, _n.m._, economist (one who believes that wealth is founded upon agriculture).

=physiognomonie=, _n.f._, physiognomy (art).

=physiognomonique=, _adj._, physiognomic.

=physiographe=, _n.m._, physiographer.

=physiographie=, _n.f._, physiography.

=physiographique=, _adj._, physiographical.

=physiologie=, _n.f._, physiology.

=physiologique=, _adj._, physiological.

=physiologiste=, _n.m._, physiologist.

=physionomie=, _n.f._, physiognomy, countenance, aspect, look; physiognomy (art).

=physionomiste=, _n.m._, physiognomist.

=physique=, _n.f._, physics, natural philosophy.

=physique=, _adj._, physical, material, bodily; absolute, real.

=physique=, _n.m._, physique, natural constitution of a man; outward appearance.

=physiquement= (fi-zik-mān), _adv._, physically, bodily.

=phytographie=, _n.f._, phytography.

=phytolithe=, _n.m._, phytolite, petrified plant.

=phytologie=, _n.f._, phytology.

=piaculaire=, _adj._, expiatory.

☉=piaffe=, _n.f._, ostentation; show, dash.

=piaffer=, _v.n._, (man.) to paw the ground, to prance (of horses); ☉to make a show, to cut a dash.

=piaffeur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, pawer, prancer, pawing the ground (of horses); (fig.) showy _or_ dashy person.

*=piailler=, _v.n._, to bawl, to squall, to scold; to rant. _Des enfants qui piaillent toujours_; children constantly screaming, squalling brats.

*=piaillerie=, _n.f._, bawling, squalling.

*=piailleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scold; squaller, bawler, bawling man _or_ woman.

=pian=, _n.m._, (med.) yaws.

=pianino=, _n.m._, (_—s_) upright piano.

=pianissimo=, _adv._, very softly.

=pianiste=, _n.m.f._, pianist.

=piano=, _adv._, (mus.) piano, softly.

=piano= (_—s_) _or_ =piano-forte= (_—s-—_) _or_ =forte-piano= (_—-—s_), _n.m._, piano-forte. _— à queue_; grand piano. _— carré_; square piano, cottage piano. _— droit_; upright _or_ cottage piano. _Jouer du —_; to play on the piano.

=piast= _or_ =piaste=, _n.m._, Polish nobleman.

=piastre=, _n.f._, piaster (coin).

=piaulard=, =piauleur=, _n.m._, puler, whiner.

=piaulement=, _n.m._, whining, puling.

=piauler=, _v.n._, to pule, to whine; (of chickens) to pip.

=pible=, _n.m._, (nav.) pole. _Mât à —_; pole-mast.

=pic=, _n.m._, pick, pickax; (nav.) gaff; (orni.) woodpecker; peak (of a mountain); pique (at the game of piquet). _À —_; perpendicularly; (nav.) apeak; (pop.) just in time.

=pica=, _n.m._, (med.) pica.

=picador=, _n.m._, (_—s_) picador.

=picard=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Picardian; (fig.) cunning, cautious fellow; artful dodger.

=picholine=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, pickled olive; pickled.

☉=picorée=, _n.f._, marauding, pilfering, plundering. _Aller à la —_; to go a plundering, to go out marauding.

=picorer=, _v.n._, ☉to go out marauding, plundering; (fig.) to plagiarize, to crib.

=picoreur=, _n.m._, ☉marauder; plagiarist, cribber.

=picot=, _n.m._, splinter (of wood); purl (of lace).

=picoté=, =-e=, _part._, pricked, marked. _Il est — de petite vérole_; he is pitted with small-pox.

=picotelle=, _n.f._, (orni.) nut-hatch.

=picotement= (pi-kot-mān), _n.m._, pricking, tingling, itching.

=picoter=, _v.a._, to prick, to tingle; to provoke, to tease; to peck (of birds); (man.) to touch (gently) with the spur.

_se_ =picoter=, _v.r._, to tease, to irritate, to torment, one another.

=picoterie= (pi-ko-trî), _n.f._, (fam.) teasing, bickering.

=picotin=, _n.m._, peck (of oats).

=picrate=, _n.m._, (chem.) carbazotate, picrate.

=picrique=, _adj._, (chem.) carbazotic, picric.

=pic-vert=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =pivert=.

=pie=, _n.f._, (orni.) magpie, pie. _—-grièche_, (_—s-—s_) shrike; shrew, vixen. _Elle jase comme une —_; she chatters like a magpie. _Il croit avoir trouvé la — au nid_; he thinks he has made a great discovery; he has found a mare’s nest.

=pie=, _adj._, (l.u.) pious, charitable; (of horses) piebald.

=pièce=, _n.f._, piece, length, fragment, trick; play, performance; document, paper; head (of cattle, of poultry, game); apartment; puncheon, cask (of oil, wine, etc.); piece of ordnance, cannon; document; joint (of cooked meat). _Mettre en —s_; to pull, to tear, to pieces. _Être armé de toutes —s_; to be armed at all points. _Faire de toutes —s_; to do a thing entirely, to carry anything through. _Emporter la —_; to sting to the quick, to strike home. _Rassemblage de —s_; patchwork. _— de vin_; puncheon of wine. _En —_; in the cask, in the wood. _— d’eau_; sheet of water. _Une — d’artillerie_; a piece of ordnance. _—s de campagne_; field-pieces. _—s de batterie_; heavy ordnance. _— de théâtre_; play. _Être bien près de ses —s_; to have very little money. _Tout d’une —_; all of a piece; (of persons) bolt upright. _Jouer une — à quelqu’un_; to play any one a trick. _Accommoder_, _habiller de toutes —s_; to abuse soundly, to rate, to treat ill, to fall foul of. _Travailler à l’emporte —_; to work by fits and starts, feverishly, to scamp work. _Une bonne —_; a cunning blade. _Donnez la —_; to tip. _— de résistance_; principal dish, joint. _— justificative_; voucher. _— de conviction_; material, circumstantial evidence. _— à —_; bit by bit. _Tant la —_; so much a piece, a cask. _Travailler à ses —s_; to work by the job.

=piécette=, _n.f._, small Spanish silver coin, peseta.

=pied= (pié), _n.m._, foot; footing; track; leg (of furniture); bottom, ground; pace, slip, track; stalk (of plants). _Les doigts du —_; the toes. _— bot_; club-foot, club-footed. _Avoir des cors aux —s_; to have corns on one’s feet. _Le cou-de-—_, (_—s-—_) the instep. _Marcher sur la pointe du —_; to walk on tip-toe. _Un coup de —_; a kick. _Donner des coups de — à_; to kick. _Aller à —_; to go on foot. _Sur —_; on foot, standing, astir, sitting up. _Taper du —_; to stamp. _Marcher —s nus_; to walk barefooted. _Mettre sous ses —s_; to trample upon. _Les —s de devant_; the fore-feet. _Petits-—s_, (_—_) small fowl, small game. _— plat_, _plat —_; flat foot; (fig.) knave, mean rascal. _— poudreux_; vagabond, rascal, scoundrel. _Une coutume qui prend —_; a custom that is gaining ground. _Perdre —_; to get out of one’s depth. _Avoir —_; not to be out of one’s depth. _—s et poings liés_; tied hand and foot. _Lâcher —_; to give way, to fall back. _Prendre — sur quelque chose_; to take anything as a precedent. _Ne savoir sur quel — danser_; not to know which way to turn. _Sauter à —s joints_; to jump upon; (fig.) to ride rough-shod over. _Tenir le — sur la gorge de quelqu’un_; to attempt to force any one to do anything. _Tenir — à boule_; to stick to one’s work. _Couper l’herbe sous le — à quelqu’un_; to supplant any one. _Il a été sur — toute la nuit_; he has been up all night. _De — en cap_; cap-a-pie, from head to foot. _Haut le —_; be off with you; let us be off at once! _Faire haut le —_; to vanish, to disappear; to run away. _Haut-le-—_, (_—_) (fam.) a man with no fixed residence; a scoundrel. _Renvoyer des chevaux haut le —_; to send horses away without saddles _or_ harness. _Au — de la lettre_; strictly speaking, literally. _Si vous lui donnez un —, il en prendra quatre_; give him an inch and he’ll take an ell. _Il a trouvé chaussure à son —_; he has found just what he wanted; he has met with his match. _Il s’est tiré une épine du —_; he pulled a thorn out of his foot; (fig.) he has got out of a difficulty. _Être en —_; to be in the exercise of one’s functions. _De — ferme_; without stirring, firmly. _De plain —_; on a level with. _Être assis au — d’un arbre_; to be seated at the foot of a tree. _Un — de céleri_; a stick of celery. _Le — du lit_; the foot of the bed. _Le — d’une table_; the leg of a table. _— de mât_; heel of a mast. _Cela a tant de —s de long_; that is so many feet long. _— à —_; step by step; by degrees. _Sur le — de_; at the rate of. _D’arrache-—_; without intermission, without stopping. _Au petit —_; on a small scale. _Faire des —s et des mains pour_; to do one’s utmost (to), to leave no stone unturned (to). _Sur le — où en sont les choses_; as matters stand. _Avoir bon —, bon œil_; to be hale and hearty. _Mettre quelqu’un à —_; to dismiss a functionary; to deprive a cabman of his license. _Ne pas se moucher du —_; to give one’s self airs; to be no fool. _Sécher sur —_; to pine away. _La mort l’a pris au — levé_; death took him without warning, unawares. _Aller du — comme un chat maigre_; to be a capital walker.

=pied-à-terre=, _n.m._, (_—_) temporary lodging; country-box; shooting lodge.

=pied-d’alouette=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) larkspur.

=pied-de-coq=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) cock’s-foot-grass.

=pied-de-lion=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) lion’s-foot.

=pied-de-poule=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) crowfoot.

=pied-de-veau=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) calf’s foot; (bot.) cuckoo-pint, wake-robin.

=pied-d’oiseau=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) bird’s-foot.

=pied-droit=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (arch.) pier; pied droit, upright, pillar.

=piédestal=, _n.m._, (arch.) pedestal.

=pied-fort=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (coin.) a gold, silver, _or_ copper coin (thicker than others).

=piédouche=, _n.m._, (arch.) piedouche, small pedestal for a bust, a vase, etc.

=piège=, _n.m._, snare, trap, decoy. _Tendre_, _dresser_, _un —_; to set a snare. _Prendre au —_; to catch in a trap. _Il a donné_, _il est tombé_, _dans le —_; he fell into the snare.

=pie-grièche=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) shrike; (pers.) shrew.

=pie-mère=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (anat.) pia mater.

*=pierraille=, _n.f._, broken stone.

=pierre=, _n.f._, stone, flint; (fig.) steel, rock; gem; (med.) calculus. _— de taille_; freestone. _— à aiguiser_; grindstone. _— précieuse_; gem, precious stone. _— fausse_; paste. _— à fusil_; flint. _— à cautère_; potential cautery. _— d’achoppement_; stumbling-block. _— de touche_; touchstone. _Première —_; foundation-stone. _La — philosophale_; the philosopher’s stone. _Il gèle à — fendre_; it is freezing extremely hard. _Jeter la — à quelqu’un_; to attack any one (in words). _Jeter des —s dans le jardin de quelqu’un_; to throw out insinuations against any one. _— d’attente_; (mas.) toothing; (fig.) stepping-stone. _— angulaire_; corner-stone. _— d’évier_; gutter-stone, kitchen-sink. _— milliaire_; milestone. _Faire d’une — deux coups_; to kill two birds with one stone. _— qui roule n’amasse pas de mousse_; a rolling stone gathers no moss. _Faire rire un tas de —s_; to make a cat laugh.

=pierrée=, _n.f._, (engineering) rubble drain.

=pierreries= (pièr-rî), _n.f.pl._, jewels, precious stones.

=pierrette=, _n.f._, little stone, pebble; (orni.) hen-sparrow.

=pierreu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, stony, flinty, gritty, gravely; calculous.

=pierrier=, _n.m._, stone drain, swivel-gun.

=pierrot=, _n.m._, house-sparrow; clown, merry-andrew.

=pierrures=, _n.f.pl._, (hunt.) pearls; bur (of deer).

=piété=, _n.f._, piety, godliness; love, affection.

=piéter=, _v.n._, to foot the mark (at games).

=piéter=, _v.a._, ☉to set against. _— l’étrave_, _l’étambord_, _le gouvernail_; (nav.) to mark the numbers of feet on the stem, on the stern-post, on the rudder.

☉_se_ =piéter=, _v.r._, to resist, to set one’s self against.

=piétinement= (-ti-n-mān), _n.m._, moving of feet; stamping, trampling.

=piétiner=, _v.n._, to stamp, to move one’s feet about. _— de colère_; to stamp with rage.

=piétiner=, _v.a._, to tread, _or_ to trample, under foot, to trample on.

=piétisme=, _n.m._, pietism.

=piétiste=, _n.m._, pietist.

=piéton=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, pedestrian, foot-passenger; rural postman.

=piètre=, _adj._, (fam.) shabby, wretched; pitiful. _n._, vagabond, tramp, loafer.

=piètrement=, _adv._, (fam.) pitifully, wretchedly, shabbily.

=piètrerie=, _n.f._, (l.u.) shabby thing, wretched stuff.

=piette=, _n.f._, (orni.) weasel-coot.

=pieu=, _n.m._, stake, pile, post, pale.

=pieusement= (pi-eûz-mān), _adv._, piously, devoutly, religiously; implicitly, obediently; reverently.

=pieuvre=, _n.f._, (mol.) octopus, poulp, cat-o’nine tails.

=pieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pious, godly, religious, holy.

=pif=, _n.m._, bottle-nose, nozzle. _— paf_; (int.) slap! bang!

=piffre=, _n.m._, =-sse=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) stout person; glutton.

_se_ =piffrer=, _v.r._, (l.ex.) to eat greedily, _or_ to excess.

=pigamon=, _n.m._, meadow-rue.

=pigeon= (-jon), _n.m._, pigeon, dove; dupe, gull. _— culbutant_; tumbler. _— à grosse gorge_; pouter, cropper. _— ramier_; wood-pigeon. _— voyageur_ or _messager_; carrier-pigeon. _Des —s à la crapaudine_; broiled pigeons. _Gorge de —_; shot-colored (of silks).

=pigeonneau= (-jo-no), _n.m._, young pigeon.

=pigeonnier= (-jo-nié), _n.m._, pigeon-house, dove-cot.

=pigment=, _n.m._, (anat.) pigment.

*=pigne=, _n.f._, (metal.) pena gold, pena silver; (bot.) kernel of the fir-apple.

*=pignocher=, _v.n._, to eat without appetite, to pick here and there; to nibble at food.

*=pignon=, _n.m._, gable end, gable (of a house); kernel (of a fir-apple); (mec.) pinion. _Avoir — sur rue_; to have a house of one’s own.

=pignorati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (jur.) with power of redemption.

=pilaire=, _adj._, pilous, pilose, hairy.

=pilastre=, _n.m._, (arch.) pilaster.

=pilau=, _n.m._, pillaff (stewed rice).

=pile=, _n.f._, pile, heap; pier (of a bridge); mole (mas.); (arch.) tambour; (of coins) reverse, pile. _Mettre en —_; to pile up. _— de cuivre_; pile of weights. _— voltaïque_, _— de Volta_, _— galvanique_; voltaic, galvanic battery. _— ou face_, _croix ou —_; head or tail, man or woman. _Jouer à — ou face_, or _à croix ou —_; to play at heads or tails, to toss. _N’avoir ni croix ni —_; to be penniless, destitute.

=pile-culée=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) abutment-pier.

=piler=, _v.a._, to pound, to crash, to powder.

=pileur=, _n.m._, pounder, beater.

=pileu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ _V._ =pilaire=.

=pilier=, _n.m._, pillar, column, post; (pers.) support, supporter, fixture; constant frequenter; stump (leg). _— de cabaret_; tavern-haunter, regular tippler. _— butant_; butting pillar. _— de carrière_; pillar, support of a quarry.

*=pillage=, _n.m._, pillage, plunder, pilfering, plundering. _Livrer au —_; to give up to plunder. _Tout y est au —_; everything is at the mercy of any one, can be had for the taking.

*=pillard=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, pillager, plunderer; pillaging, plundering.

*=piller=, _v.a._, to pillage, to plunder, to ransack; to purloin, to pilfer; to attack (of dogs). _— une ville_; to plunder a town. _Ce chien pille tous les autres chiens_; that dog attacks, _or_ flies at, all the other dogs. _Pille! Pille!_ seize him! seize him!

*=pillerie=, _n.f._, pillage, plunder, pilfer, extortion.

*=pilleur=, _n.m._, pillager, plunderer, pilferer.

=pilon=, _n.m._, pestle; stamper. _Mettre au —_; to tear up (books).

=pilonnage=, _n.m._, (tech.) pugging; pounding, stamping, milling.

=pilonner=, _v.a._, (tech.) to pug; to pound, to mill, to stamp.

=pilori=, _n.m._, pillory. _Mettre quelqu’un au —_; (fig.) to defame anybody.

=pilorier=, _v.a._, to pillory, to put in the pillory, to slander, to libel, to asperse.

=piloris=, _n.m._, (mam.) musk-rat.

=piloselle=, _n.f._, (bot.) mouse-ear.

=pilot= (pi-lô), _n.m._, (tech.) heap of salt; pile, stake of timber.

=pilotage=, _n.m._, pile-driving, piling; (nav.) piloting.

=pilote=, _n.m._, pilot, guide. _— côtier_; coasting pilot. _— lamaneur_; coasting, harbor, river pilot. _— hauturier_; sea pilot.

=piloter=, _v.a._ and _n._, (tech.) to pile, to drive piles in.

=piloter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to pilot; (fig., fam.) to pilot, to guide, to serve as a guide.

=pilotin=, _n.m._, (nav.) pilot’s apprentice.

=pilotis=, _n.m._, piling, pile-work; stilt.

=pilule=, _n.f._, (pharm.) pill. _Dorer la —_; to gild the pill.

=pilulier=, _n.m._, pill-machine.

=pilum=, _n.m._, (_—_) (antiq.) pilum (Roman antiq.).

=pimbèche=, _n.f._, impertinent woman, saucy baggage. _Quelle —!_ what a minx!

=piment=, _n.m._, pimento, capsicum, all-spice.

=pimpant=, =-e=, _adj._, natty, tidy; fine, spruce, smart, stylish.

=pimprenelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) pimpernel, burnet. _— d’Afrique_; honey-flower.

=pin=, _n.m._, (bot.) pine-tree, pine, Scotch fir. _Pomme de —_; fir-cone; fir-nut; fir-apple.

=pinace=, _n.f._ _V._ =pinasse=.

=pinacle=, _n.m._, pinnacle. _Mettre quelqu’un sur le —_; to praise any one to the skies. _Il est sur le —_; he is as high as he can go.

=pinaie=, _n.f._, pine-plantation.

=pinasse= _or_ =pinace=, _n.f._, (nav.) pinnace.

=pinastre=, _n.m._, (bot.) pinaster.

=pinçard=, _adj._, wearing the shoe at the toe (of a horse).

=pince=, _n.f._, pliers, nippers; tongs; hold; gripe; crow, crowbar (lever); sharp-pointed fold (in garments); toe (of a horse’s foot); claw (of a lobster); edge (of a deer’s hoof); (surg.) forceps. _Petites —s_; tweezers. _—s à sucre_; sugar-tongs. _—s d’un cheval_; horse’s fore-teeth. _— d’un fer à cheval_; front of a horse-shoe. _Prendre une bûche avec la —_; to take up a log with the tongs. _Être menacé de la —_, _craindre la —_; to be in danger of being arrested, to fear arrest. _Gare la —!_ mind you are not sent to prison! _Avoir la — forte_, _la — rude_; to have a good gripe.

=pincé=, =-e=, _adj._, pinched; affected, stiff, prim; thin; tight. _—!_ caught! found out! taken in!

=pinceau=, _n.m._, pencil, brush. _Trait_, _coup_, _de —_; dash, stroke, of the pencil. _Avoir un beau —_; (paint.) to have a fine touch. _— à barbe_; shaving brush.

=pincée=, _n.f._, pinch.

=pincelier=, _n.m._, (paint.) dip-cup, smutch-pot.

*=pince-maille=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) pinch-penny, skinflint, screw.

=pincement=, _n.m._, (agri.) pinching, nipping off of the heads of buds.

=pince-nez=, _n.m._, (_—_) double eye-glass, folding eye-glass; folder.

=pincer=, _v.a._, to pinch, to press, to hold fast, to gripe, to bite; to nip, to nip off; to rally, to reproach; to surprise, to catch; to play (the guitar, harp); (nav.) to hug. _— les petits bourgeons d’un arbre_; to nip off the small buds of a tree. _— de la harpe_; to play upon the harp. _— quelqu’un_; to give any one a nip. _Il pince en riant_; he can nip and laugh. _— le vent_; (nav.) to hug _or_ haul close to the wind. _Se faire —_; to get caught, to get found out, taken in.

_se_ =pincer=, _v.r._, to pinch one’s self.

=pincer=, _v.n._, to pinch, to rally, to reproach; to play (the guitar, harp); (man.) to spur gently.

=pince-sans-rire=, _n.m._, (_—_) sly, malicious person; dry joker.

=pincette=, _n.f._, _or_ =pincettes=, _n.f.pl._, tongs, tweezers, nippers. _On ne le toucherait pas avec des —s_; a person would not touch him with a pair of tongs.

=pinchina=, _n.m._, thick, coarse woolen cloth.

=pinçon=, _n.m._, pinch (mark).

=pinçure=, _n.f._, pinching, pinch; crease.

=pindarique=, _adj._, pindaric.

=pindariser=, _v.n._, to speak affectedly; to talk fustian, bombast; to write fustian, bombast.

=pindariseur=, _n.m._, ranter, talker of fustian, bombast; writer of fustian, bombast.

=pinde=, _n.m._, Pindus; (fig.) poets, poetry.

=pinéal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) pineal.

=pineau=, _n.m._, black Burgundy grape.

=pingouin= _or_ =pinguin=, _n.m._, (orni.) penguin; auk.

=pingre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (pop.) miser, skinflint; avaricious, mean, stingy, close-fisted.

=pinne= _or_ =pinne marine=, _n.f._, (mol.) pinna.

=pinné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) pinnate, pinnated.

=pinnule=, _n.f._, pinnule, sight-vane (of instruments).

=pinque=, _n.f._, (nav.) pink.

=pinson=, _n.m._, (orni.) finch; chaffinch. _Gai comme un —_; as gay as a lark, as merry as a grig.

=pintade=, _n.f._, (orni.) Guinea-fowl, pearl-hen.

=pintadeau=, _n.m._, Guinea-chick.

=pinte=, _n.f._, pint (obsolete measure).

=pinter=, _v.n._, to tipple, to guzzle.

=piochage=, _n.m._, digging, working, fagging.

=pioche=, _n.f._, pickax, mattock.

=piocher=, _v.a._, to dig.

=piocher=, _v.n._, to dig; to fag, to work hard, to study hard; to fight.

=piocheur=, _n.m._, digger; hard-working student; fag, sweater.

=pioler=. _V._ =piauler=.

=pion=, _n.m._, pawn (at chess); man (at draughts); man without property _or_ resources; usher (in a school). _Damer le — à quelqu’un_; to outdo any one.

=pionce=, _n.f._, nap, snooze, forty winks.

=pioncer=, _v.n._, to snooze, to have a nap, to have forty winks.

=pionceur=, _n.m._, snoozer, heavy sleeper.

=pione=, _n.f._ _V._ =pivoine= (bot.).

=pionner=, _v.n._, to take pawns (at chess).

=pionnier=, _n.m._, pioneer.

=piot= (piô), _n.m._, (pop.) wine.

=piote=, _n.f._, a species of gondola.

=pioupiou= (pioo-), _n.m._, (_—s_) (pop.) foot-soldier, tommy, worm-crusher.

=pipe=, _n.f._, pipe, tobacco-pipe; pipe (cask).

=pipeau=, _n.m._, pipe, oaten pipe, reed-pipe, shepherd’s pipe; bird-call; limed twig; snare.

=pipée=, _n.f._, bird-catching (with a bird-call); (fig.) deceit, trickery. _Prendre à la —_; to catch with a bird-call; (fig.) to cozen, to take in.

=piper=, _v.a._, to catch birds with a bird-call; to deceive, to trick; to dupe, to cheat; to prepare (cards); to load, to cog (dice).

=piperesse=, (st.e.) _fem._ of =pipeur=, _q.v._

☉=piperie= (pi-prî), _n.f._, cheating (at play); deceit, trickery.

=pipeu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, cheat, trickster (at play); cheat, deceiver; cheating, deceitful.

=pipi=, _n.m._, (triv.) urine, water. _Faire —_; to piddle.

=pipi= _or_ =pitpit=, _n.m._, (orni.) titling, titlark, pipit.

=pipoir=, _n.m._, owl-call.

=piquamment=, _adv._, piquantly, smartly.

=piquant=, =-e=, _adj._, prickly, stinging; sharp, pungent; biting, nipping; cutting, keen; lively, piquant, pointed, smart. _De la moutarde —e_; hot mustard. _Froid —_; biting cold. _Des mots —s_; pointed words, cutting words. _Il a une conversation —e_; his conversation is very smart. _Elle a l’air —_; she has a lively, attractive, pleasing appearance.

=piquant=, _n.m._, prickle; quill (of porcupines); pungency, pith, point, fun, cream; piquancy. _Le — de la chose_; the point, fun, _or_ cream of the thing.

=pique=, _n.f._, pike (weapon); pique, grudge, spite, quarrel. _Bois de —_; pikestaff. _Demi-—_; short pike. _Être à cent —s de_; to be miles off in guessing. _Être à cent —s au-dessus_, _au-dessous_, _de quelqu’un_, _de quelque chose_; to be far above, below, any one _or_ anything. _Petite —_; slight pique, quarrel, tiff. _Par —_; out of pique _or_ out of spite.

=pique=, _n.m._, spade (at cards). _As de —_; (fig.) parson’s _or_ pope’s nose.

=piqué=, =-e=, _part._, quilted; larded. _Jupon —_; quilted petticoat. _Poulet —_; larded chicken. _Cela n’est pas — des vers_; it is a smart bit of work _or_ it is not to be sneezed at.

=piqué=, _n.m._, quilting. _Goût de —_; (of wine) sourish taste, tartness.

=pique-assiette=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) spunger; dinner-hunter; trencher-friend.

=pique-bœuf=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) cattle-drover; (orni.) buphaga, beef-eater.

=pique-nique=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) picnic. _Faire un —_; to have a picnic.

=piquer=, _v.a._, to prick; to prod; to goad; to sting; to puncture; to bite; to quilt; to stitch; to lard; to stick; to prick off, to mark off; to be piquant; to excite, to stimulate, to urge on, to goad on; to pique, to gall, to nettle; to spur; (surg.) to puncture. _— les absents_; to prick off the absent. _— d’honneur_; to put on (his _or_ her) mettle. _— des bœufs_; to goad oxen. _Quelle mouche le pique?_ what has put him into a passion? what’s up with him? _— une jupe_; to quilt a petticoat. _— de la viande_; to lard meat. _— un cheval_; to spur a horse. _— la curiosité de quelqu’un_; to excite _or_ rouse any one’s curiosity. _Il en fut piqué_; he was nettled at it. _— une tête_; to take a header. _— un soleil_; (fam.) to get very red.

_se_ =piquer=, _v.r._, to prick one’s self, to sting one’s self; to be offended, to be nettled, to feel affronted, to be piqued; to pride one’s self, to plume one’s self, to pique one’s self, to take a pride in; to turn sour; to become spotted. _Se — d’honneur_; to make it a point of honor; to think one’s self bound in honor. _Se — au jeu_; to persist in playing although losing. _Ce papier se pique_; this paper is becoming spotted, covered with spots. _Ce vin se pique_; this wine is turning sour. _Se — de rien_; to take offense at the least thing.

=piquer=, _v.n._, to sting; to be piquant; (man.) to spur. _— des deux_; to spur a horse (with both heels); to put spurs to one’s horse; to gallop off at full speed; (fig. fam.) to go very fast; to strive hard.

=piquet=, _n.m._, picket, peg, stake; (milit.) picket; piquet (card game); cluster of flowers (on a bonnet). _Être au —_; to be standing up in a corner (as a punishment in schools). _Être de —_; (milit.) to be on picket duty. _Planter le —_; to pitch the tents, to take up one’s quarters. _Lever le —_; to strike the tents; to decamp. _Aller planter le — chez quelqu’un_; to take up one’s quarters with any one.

=piqueté=, =-e=, _adj._, spotted, dotted.

=piqueter=, _v.a._, to set _or_ mark with stakes _or_ pickets; to fix.

=piquette=, _n.f._, rape wine; sour wine; thin wine.

=piqueur=, _n.m._, outrider; marker who notes down the names of persons absent; (cook.) one who lards (meat); (man.) stud-groom; (hunt.) whipper-in, huntsman. _— d’assiettes_; spunger. _— d’écurie_; head-groom. _— de vins_; wine-taster.

=piqueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, stitcher.

=piquier=, _n.m._, pikeman.

=piqûre=, _n.f._, pricking, prick, sting, puncture; worm-hole; (needlework) quilting, stitching; (vet.) warbles.

=pirate=, _n.m._, pirate, corsair, buccaneer; extortioner.

=pirater=, _v.n._, to pirate, to exercise piracy, to commit piracy.

=piraterie= (pi-ra-trî), _n.f._, piracy; act of piracy; extortion.

=pire=, _adj._ and _n.m._, worse, worst. _Le remède est — que le mal_; the remedy is worse than the disease. _Le —_; the worst. _Il n’y a — sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre_; none so deaf as those who won’t hear. _Il n’y a — eau que l’eau qui dort_; still waters run deep.

=piriforme=, _adj._, (anat.) pear-shaped.

=pirogue= (pi-rog), _n.f._, pirogue, canoe, jolly boat.

=pirole=, _n.f._, (bot.) wintergreen.

=pirouette=, _n.f._, pirouette; rapid whirling round; whirligig; subterfuge.

=pirouetter=, _v.n._, to pirouette; to whirl about _or_ round.

=pirrhonien=, =-ne=, _adj._ _V._ =pyrrhonien=.

=pirrhonisme=, _n.m._ _V._ =pyrrhonisme=.

=pis=, _n.m._, udder, dug (of cows, etc.).

=pis=, _adv._ and _n.m._, worse, worst. _Le — qui puisse arriver_; the worst that can happen. _Mettre quelqu’un au —_; to bid any one do his worst. _De mal en —_; from bad to worse. _De — en —_; worse and worse. _Qui — est_; what is worse. _Mettre les choses au —_; to suppose the worst.

=pis aller=, _n.m._, worst; last shift, last resource; makeshift; compensation. _Au — —_; at the worst; let the worst come to the worst. _C’est votre — —_; it is your last shift, your last resource. _C’est un — —_; it is a makeshift.

=piscicole=, _adj._, piscicultural.

=pisciculteur=, _n.m._, pisciculturist.

=pisciculture=, _n.f._, pisciculture, fish culture.

=pisciforme=, _adj._, pisciform, fish-shaped.

=piscine=, _n.f._, piscina.

=piscivore=, _adj._, piscivorous.

=pisé=, _n.m._, pisé (mas.).

=pissasphalte=, _n.m._, pissasphalt.

=pissat=, _n.m._, piss, urine.

=pissement= (pis-mān), _n.m._, pissing.

=pissenlit=, _n.m._, (bot.) dandelion; pissabed.

=pisser=, _v.a._ and _n._, to piss; to make water.

=pisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, pisser.

=pissoir=, _n.m._, public urinal.

=pissoter=, _v.n._, to piss often.

=pissotière=, _n.f._, public urinal; paltry fountain.

=pistache=, _n.f._, pistachio, pistachio-nut.

=pistachier=, _n.m._, pistachio-tree.

=piste=, _n.f._, track, course, race-course, foot-prints, trace, trail. _Suivre quelqu’un à la —_; to follow on the track of any one. _Suivre un lièvre à la —_; to follow the scent of a hare.

=pistia=, _n.m._, (bot.) water-lettuce.

=pistil=, _n.m._, (bot.) pistil.

=pistole=, _n.f._, pistole (gold coin of Spain); lock-up (for remanded prisoners). _Il est cousu de —s_; he is rolling in riches, _or_ made of money.

=pistolet=, _n.m._, pistol. _Un coup de —_; a pistol-shot. _Tirer un coup de —_; to fire off a pistol. _— d’arçon_; horse-pistol. _Quel drôle de —!_ (fig. and fam.) what a funny sort of fellow!

=piston=, _n.m._, sucker, bucket (of a pump); piston. _Fusil à —_; percussion-gun. _Tige de —_; piston-rod. _Cornet à —_; cornet.

=pitance=, _n.f._, pittance, allowance (of food); dole; daily subsistence. _Maigre —_; short allowance. _Aller à la —_; to go to market.

=pitaud=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, clown, lubber, lout.

=pite=, _n.f._, (bot.) agave, pitahemp.

=piteusement= (pi-teûz-mān), _adj._, piteously, woefully, sadly.

=piteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, piteous, pitiable, woeful. _Faire —se mine_; to look the picture of misery. _Faire —se chère_; to fare badly.

=pitié=, _n.f._, pity, compassion; mercy; contempt, disdain. _Emouvoir la — de quelqu’un_; to move any one’s pity. _D’un œil de —_; with an eye of pity. _Il vaut mieux faire envie que —_; better be envied than pitied. _C’est grande —_, _c’est grand’—_; it is a great pity. _Vos menaces me font —_; your threats excite my disdain (_i.e._, I despise your threats). _À faire —_; pitifully, wretchedly. _Regarder quelqu’un en —_; to take pity on, _or_ despise, any one. _Par —_; for pity’s sake; out of pity. _Il me fait —_; I pity him _or_ I despise him.

=piton=, _n.m._, screw-ring, staple; (geog.) peak.

=pitoyable=, _adj._, pitiful, pitiable, piteous; compassionate; contemptible, wretched.

=pitoyablement=, _adv._, pitifully, piteously; wretchedly.

=pittoresque= (pit-to-rèsk), _adj._, picturesque, graphic. _n.m._, picturesque, picturesqueness.

=pittoresquement= (pit-to-rèsk-mān), _adv._, picturesquely, in a picturesque manner.

=pitre=, _n.m._, clown.

=pituitaire=, _adj._, pituitary.

=pituite=, _n.f._, pituite, phlegm, mucus.

=pituiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pituitous, phlegmatic.

=pivert=, _n.m._, (orni.) green woodpecker.

=pivine=, _n.f._, ash-gull.

=pivite=, _n.f._, peewit, lapwing.

=pivoine=, _n.m._, (orni.) bullfinch, gnat-snapper.

=pivoine=, _n.f._, (bot.) pæony, peony.

=pivot=, _n.m._, pin, spindle, pivot, hinge; (hort.) tap-root. _— de meule de moulin_; spindle of a mill.

=pivotant=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) tap-rooted. _Racine —e_; (bot.) tap-root.

=pivoter=, _v.n._, to turn on a pivot, to revolve upon, to turn.

=pizzicato=, _n.m._ and _adv._, (mus.) pizzicato.

=placabilité=, _n.f._, placableness, placability.

=placable=, _adj._, placable.

=plaçable=, _adj._, placeable, saleable.

=placage=, _n.m._, plating (metal.); veneering (of wood); patchwork.

=plaçage=, _n.m._, stalling (of animals); placing.

=placard=, _n.m._, placard, poster, bill; (print.) slip; cupboard (in a wall); (carp.) door-leap. _Porte en —_; panel-door.

=placarder=, _v.a._, to placard, to post up. _— un avis au public_; to post up a public notice; (fig.) to libel; to expose, to show up.

=place=, _n.f._, place, room, seat, spot, ground; post, employment, office, town, stronghold; fortress; square; room, stead. _Retenir des —s_; to secure seats. _Mettre chaque chose à sa —_; to put each thing in its place. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to make room for any one. _Sur —_; on the spot, on the premises. _En —!_ in your places, take your seats! _Sur la —_; upon the spot; (com.) in the market; on change. _Il ne saurait demeurer en —_; he can never stand still. _Mettez-vous à ma —_; put yourself in my place. _Si j’étais à votre —_; if I were in your place. _— de confiance_; place of trust. _Un homme en —_; a man in office. _— d’armes_; place of arms, stronghold, square, parade-ground. _— de guerre_, _— forte_; fortress, stronghold. _La — n’est plus tenable_; it is no longer possible to remain. _Demeurer_, or _rester_, _sur la —_; to be left dead on the spot, on the field. _Qui va à la chasse, perd sa —_; if you leave your place, you lose it. _— de fiacres_; hackney-coach stand. _Une voiture de —_; a hackney-coach. _La tête_, _la fin_, _de la —_; the top, the bottom, of the stand. _Avoir crédit sur la —_; (com.) to have credit (in the market, on change). _— marchande_; place good for trade, trading town. _Se faire —_; to make one’s way. _Faire la —_; (com.) to solicit orders, to canvass. _—!_ make room! make way!

=placé=, =-e=, _part._, placed. _Il est bien —_; he has a good place, situation. _Il a le cœur bien —_; his heart is in the right place. _Cela n’est pas bien —_; that is ill-timed. _Haut —_; in a high position.

=placement= (plas-mān), _n.m._, placing; (com.) sale; putting out, investing, investment (money). _Bureau de —_; intelligence-office; registry-office (for servants).

=placenta= (-sin-ta), _n.m._, (anat., bot.) placenta.

=placentaire=, _adj._, placentary, placental.

=placer=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (gold digging) placer.

=placer=, _v.a._, to place, to put, to seat, to get a situation for, to find a place for; to introduce (goods); to dispose, to set, to invest, to deposit, to lodge. _— de l’argent à la banque_; to lodge money in the bank. _— de l’argent sur l’Etat_; to invest money in the funds. _Il place bien ce qu’il dit_; what he says is to the purpose. _— quelqu’un_; to get any one a place.

_se_ =placer=, _v.r._, to place one’s self; to obtain a situation; to be sold, to sell.

=placet=, _n.m._, petition.

=placeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, placer; registry office keeper.

=placide=, _adj._, placid, calm, unruffled.

=placidement=, _adv._, placidly, calmly.

=placidité=, _n.f._, placidity, placidness; calmness.

=placi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, outdoor clerk, under-letter (of standings); (com.) town traveler, agent.

=plafond=, _n.m._, ceiling. _— en voussure_; cove, coving. _— en corniche_; soffit.

=plafonnage=, _n.m._, ceiling (action, work).

=plafonner=, _v.a._, to ceil, to make a ceiling.

=plafonneur=, _n.m._, plasterer.

=plagal=, _adj._, (mus.) plagal.

=plage=, _n.f._, beach, strand, shore, seashore. _— de sable_; sandy beach. _Vaisseau jeté sur la —_; ship stranded on the beach.

=plagiaire=, _n.m._, plagiarist.

=plagiat=, _n.m._, plagiarism.

☉=plaid=, _n.m._, plea, pleading, hearing. _Être sage au retour des —s_; to be wise after the event. _Chefs —s_; chief-pleas (court of).

=plaid= (plè), _n.m._, plaid, traveling rug.

=plaidable=, _adj._, pleadable.

=plaidant=, _adj._, pleading, litigant. _Avocat —_; barrister, pleader.

=plaider=, _v.a._, to plead, to argue, to allege; to intercede (for); to be at law, to litigate. _— quelqu’un_; to sue any one at law. _— le faux pour savoir le vrai_; to allege what is false to get at the truth. _Plaidez ma cause_; intercede for me.

=plaider=, _v.n._, to plead; to be at law, to go to law. _Se —_, _v.r._, to be pleaded _or_ argued. _La cause se plaide aujourd’hui_; the case comes on for hearing to-day.

=plaideu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, litigant, suitor.

=plaidoirie=, _n.f._, barrister’s, counsel’s speech; address. _pl._, pleadings.

=plaidoyer=, _n.m._, speech for the defense, counsel’s address. _pl._, pleadings.

=plaie=, _n.f._, sore, wound; plague, evil. _Panser une —_; to dress a sore _or_ wound. _— envenimée_; rankling sore. _Mettre le doigt sur la —_; to point out the evil. _Ne demander que — et bosse_; to be bent on quarreling, to be always ready for a row.

=plaignant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (jur.) complainant, plaintiff, prosecutor; complaining.

=plain=, =-e=, _adj._, plain, even, flat, level. _En —e campagne_; in open country. _Chambres de —-pied_, _—-pied_ (_—_); rooms on one floor. _—-chant_, (_n.p._) plain chant. _Cela va de — pied_; that comes as a matter of course; it is all plain sailing.

=plaindre= (plaignant, plaint), _v.a._, to pity, to compassionate, to commiserate; to grudge. _Je vous plains_; I pity you. _Il est à —_; he is to be pitied. _— sa peine_; to grudge one’s pains. _— le pain qu’ils mangent_; to grudge the very bread they eat. _Il ne plaint rien à ses enfants_; he begrudges his children nothing.

_se_ =plaindre=, _v.r._, to complain, to groan, to moan; to grudge one’s self. _J’ai bien lieu de me plaindre de vous_; I have good reason to complain of you. _— en justice_; to lodge a complaint in court.

=plaine=, _n.f._, plain, level, lea, common, heath.

=plainte=, _n.f._, complaint, action, plaint; groaning, lamentation; wailing. _Porter —_; to lodge a complaint.

=plainti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, plaintive, querulous, complaining, doleful, mournful, sad.

=plaintivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, plaintively, mournfully, dolefully, sadly.

=plaire= (plaisant, plu), _v.n._, to please, to be agreeable; to delight, to suit. _— à quelqu’un_; to please any one. _Cela vous plaît à dire_; you are pleased to say so. _Plaît-il?_ what do you say; beg pardon! _Je ferai ce qu’il vous plaira_; I will do what you please. _Il ne me plaît pas que vous y alliez_; I do not like your going there. _Si cela ne vous plaît pas_; if you are averse to it. _Plût à Dieu_; would to God. _À Dieu ne plaise_; God forbid.

_se_ =plaire=, _v.r._, to delight in, to take pleasure in; to like, to love; to be pleased with, to take to; to flatter one’s self; to thrive. _Il se plaît à faire du mal_; he delights in doing mischief.

=plaisamment= (plè-za-mān), _adv._, humorously, pleasantly; ludicrously, laughably, amusingly.

=plaisance=, _n.f._, pleasure. _Maison de —_; villa, country seat. _Bateau de —_; pleasure boat. _Lieu de —_; pleasant retreat.

=plaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, pleasant; humorous, ludicrous, amusing, droll, funny, comical, pretty; odd, strange; singular, curious. _C’est le plus — homme du monde_; he is the most amusing fellow alive. _Ce sont de —es gens_; (iron.) they are impertinent people. _Il vous a fait un — régal_; he entertained you right royally. _C’est un — personnage_; he is a ridiculous fellow.

=plaisant=, _n.m._, jester; humor, fun, ludicrousness. _Il fait le —_; he tries to be funny. _Un mauvais —_; a sorry jester, a humbug. _Le — de l’aventure_; the laughable part of the adventure.

=plaisanter=, _v.a._, to joke, to banter, to jeer, to make fun of.

=plaisanter=, _v.n._, to jest, to joke, to make merry. _Il plaisante sur tout_; he jests about everything. _C’est un homme qui ne plaisante pas_; he is not a man to be trifled with. _Il ne plaisante pas là-dessus_; he is in downright earnest in the matter. _En plaisantant_; in jest, by way of a joke, jestingly.

=plaisanterie= (plè-zan-trî), _n.f._, pleasantry, jesting, joking, jest, joke; mockery; mere farce. _— de bon ton_, _de mauvais ton_; genteel, vulgar, pleasantry. _— légère_, _piquante_; light, pointed, pleasantry. _Cela est dit par —_; that is said in jest, by way of a joke. _— à part_; jesting aside. _Il sait manier_, _il manie bien_, _la —_; he is a good hand at a joke. _Une bonne plaisanterie mérite les honneurs du bis_; a good story will bear repetition.

=plaisir=, _n.m._, pleasure, delight, joy; recreation, diversion, sport, entertainment; will, consent, approbation; favor, courtesy, kindness, good turn. _Se faire un — de_; to take pleasure in, to be pleased to. _Se faire un — de son devoir_; to delight in doing one’s duty. _Prendre — à quelque chose_; to delight in anything. _Cela fait — à voir_; that is a pleasant sight. _Nul — sans peine_; no joy without alloy. _La peine passe le —_; the pain exceeds the pleasure. _Partie de —_; pleasure party, picnic. _Jouer pour le —_, _pour son —_; to play for love, for diversion. _Menus —s_; pocket-money. _Faites-moi le —_; do me the favor. _À —_; carefully; at one’s ease; gratuitously; designedly. _Un conte fait_ or _inventé à —_; a made-up story, a gratuitous tale, a lie. _Par —_; for pastime, for sport; (fam., l.u.) by way of trial. _Au —!_ good-bye! _Faire —_; to give pleasure, to oblige; to be pleasing.

=plan=, _n.m._, plane; plan, draught, design, model; scheme, project; ground, perspective. _— incliné_; inclined plane. _Premier —_; foreground. _Arrière-—_, (_—-—s_) (paint.) background. _— d’arrimage_; (nav.) tier. _— de niveau_; datum line. _— horizontal_; ground-plan. _Lever de —s_; surveying. _Faire le — de_; to survey. _— à vue d’oiseau_; bird’s-eye view. _— en relief_; plan in relief. _Lever un —_; to take a plan of. _Faire l’élévation d’un —_; to give a raised plan of. _Réléguer au second —_; to put into the background.

=plan=, =-e=, _adj._, even, plain, level, flat.

=planche=, _n.f._, board, plank; (engr.) plate; (gard.) bed, border. _—s d’un bateau_; planks, ribs, of a boat. _— à bouteilles_; bottle-rack. _Faire la —_; to float on one’s back. _Monter sur les —s_; to tread the boards. _S’appuyer sur une — pourrie_; to lean upon a rotten staff. _Faire la — aux autres_; to show others the way. _— à débarquer_; gangway of a boat. _— de salut_; sheet anchor. _Jour de —_; (com.) working day.

=planchéiage=, _n.m._, boarding, planking, flooring.

=planchéier=, _v.a._, to plank, to floor, to board (with planks).

=planchéieur=, _n.m._, floor-layer.

=plancher=, _n.m._, floor; ceiling; (nav.) stage. _— parqueté_; inlaid, wooden floor. _— carrelé_; brick, stone floor. _Frotter un —_; to scrub, _or_ polish, a floor. _Le — des vaches_; dry land, terrâ firma. _Sauter au —_; to jump to the ceiling; (fig.) to be driven mad.

=planchette=, _n.f._, little board; (math.) plane table.

=plançon= _or_ =plantard=, _n.m._, sapling; slip, twig, shoot (of willow, etc.).

=plane=, _n.m._ _V._ =platane=.

=plane=, _n.f._, draw-knife; turning chisel; spoke-shave.

=planer=, _v.n._, to hover, to tower; to soar; to look down (from on high). _Un milan qui plane_; a kite hovering. _— sur les difficultés_; to soar above difficulties (_i.e._, to overcome them).

=planer=, _v.a._, to make smooth, to plane, to planish. _— un morceau de bois_; to plane a piece of wood. _— le cuivre_; to beat copper smooth. _— une peau_; to strip the wool off a skin.

=planétaire=, _adj._, planetary.

=planétaire=, _n.m._, planetarium, orrery.

=planète=, _n.f._, planet, star.

=planeur=, _n.m._, (manu.) planisher.

=planimétrie=, _n.f._, (geom.) planimetry.

=planisphère=, _n.m._, planisphere.

_in_ =plano=, _adv._ _V._ =in plano=.

=plant=, _n.m._, set, twig, plant, young plant, slip, plantation, grove. _En —_; standing; (fig.) in the lurch. _— de vigne_; slip of vine. _Jeune —_; vineyard newly set; plantation of young trees. _Rester en —_; to remain standing. _Laisser en —_; to give the slip to; to leave in the lurch. _Mettre en —_; (pop.) to pawn.

=plantage=, _n.m._, planting; plantation.

=plantain=, _n.m._, (bot.) plantain.

=plantard=, _n.m._ _V._ =plançon=.

=plantation=, _n.f._, planting; plantation.

=plante=, _n.f._, sole of the foot; (bot.) plant. _— ligneuse_; ligneous plant. _— fibreuse_; fibrous plant. _— herbacée_; herbaceous plant. _Le jardin des —s_; the botanical garden, zoölogical gardens. _—s marines_; marine plants. _—s parasites_; parasitical plants. _—s à tuyau_; culmiferous plants.

=planter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to plant, to set, to fix, to drive in; to set up, to erect, to lay out, to give the slip to, to leave in the lurch. _— des oignons_, _des pois_; to plant onions, peas. _— des bornes_; to set bounds. _— le piquet en quelque lieu_; to take up one’s quarters in any place. _— là quelqu’un_; to leave any one in the lurch, to give any one the slip. _— au nez de_; to cast in the teeth of; to tell point-blank. _Maison bien plantée_; house well seated, _or_ in a pleasant, commanding position. _Cheveux bien plantés_; hair well set up.

_se_ =planter=, _v.r._, to be planted; to place one’s self; to station one’s self; to settle.

=planteur=, _n.m._, planter.

=plantigrade=, _n.m._ and _adj._, plantigrade.

=plantoir=, _n.m._, dibble, planting-tool.

=planton=, _n.m._, (milit.) orderly. _Être de —_; to be on duty.

=plantule=, _n.f._, (bot.) plantule.

=plantureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, (fam.) plentifully, copiously, abundantly, luxuriantly.

=plantureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, plentiful, copious; abundant.

=planure=, _n.f._, shavings (of wood).

=plaque=, _n.f._, plate; slab; patch, veneer; badge, star. _— de fonte_; plate of cast iron. _— de porte-faix_; badge of a porter. _— tournante_; (railways) turning plate.

=plaqué=, _n.m._, plated metal, electro-plate.

=plaqué=, =-e=, _part._, plated.

=plaqueminier=, _n.m._, (bot.) ebony-tree.

=plaquer=, _v.a._, to plate; to lay on, to veneer. _— du bois_; to veneer wood. _— des bijoux_; to plate jewels.

=plaquette=, _n.f._, small thinly bound book; a small copper coin, small plate, board, slab.

=plaqueur=, _n.m._, veneerer; plater.

=plaquis=, _n.m._, incrustation.

=plasticité=, _n.f._, plasticity.

=plastique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, plastic art; plastic.

=plastron=, _n.m._, breast-plate; (fenc.) plastron; fencing-pad; drill-plate; laughing-stock, butt.

=plastronner=, _v.a._, to put a plastron on any one, to cover or protect with a breast-pad.

_se_ =plastronner=, _v.r._, to put on a breast-pad, to plastron one’s self.

=plat=, _n.m._, dish; plate; collection-plate; (nav.) mess; sheet (of glass); flat side (of anything). _— d’argent_; silver dish. _— de la main_; back of the hand. _— apprêté_; made dish. _— réchauffé_; warmed-up dish. _— à barbe_; shaving dish. _Camarade de —_; messmate. _— de l’équipage_; (nav.) mess (for seven men). _Servir un — de son métier_; to give a specimen of one’s work. _C’est un — de son métier_; this is one of his tricks. _—s de balance_; scales of a balance. _Des coups de — d’épée_; strokes with the flat of a sword. _Donner du — de la langue_; to flatter, to coax, to wheedle; to talk blarney. _Mettre les pieds dans le —_; to put one’s foot in it. _Mettre les petits —s dans les grands_; to spare neither money nor trouble to receive a person.

=plat=, =-e=, _adj._, flat; dull, insipid, spiritless, pointless, low, shallow, empty; (of the hair) straight, lank; (of rhymes) consecutive. _Un pays —_; a flat country. _Cheveux —s_; straight hair. _Elle a la physionomie —e_; she has an unmeaning countenance. _Vin —_; flat wine. _Cheval —_; lank horse. _Avoir le ventre —_; to have an empty belly. _Sa bourse est bien —e_; his purse is very low. _Son armée a été battue à —e couture_; his army was utterly routed. _Un pied —_, _un — pied_; a worthless fellow. _Un style —_; a flat, spiritless, pointless style. _C’est un — personnage_; he is a dull fellow. _À —_; flat. _À — ventre_; flat on the ground, flat on one’s face.

=platane=, _n.m._, plane-tree, platane.

=plat-bord=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (nav.) gunwale, gunnel, port-last. _Lisses de —_; drift-rails.

=plateau=, _n.m._, wooden scale; waiter, tray, tea-tray; upland, table-land. _— à découper_; butler’s tray. _— de carafe_; decanter-stand.

=plate-bande=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (arch., hort.) plat-band; border plot, flower-bed. _— de baie_; lintel of a door or window.

=platée=, _n.f._, (arch.) massive foundation under the whole area of the building; dishful.