Chapter M (10)

=plate-forme=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) platform. _— de batterie_; platform of a battery. _— de fondation_; (carp.) sleepers.

=plate-longe=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) kicking-strap; leading-rein.

=platement= (plat-mān), _adv._, flatly, dully, plainly, without spirit.

=plateur=, _n.f._, (jest., l.u.) flatness.

=platinage=, _n.m._, whitening (of copper).

=platine=, _n.f._, linen-dryer; (print.) platine; lock (of firearms); (tech.) plate. _—s de montre_; plates of a watch. _— de serrure_; plate of a lock.

=platine=, _n.m._, (metal.) platinum.

=platise=, _n.f._, (l.u.) dull, senseless writing or words, platitudes.

=platitude=, _n.f._, platitude, dullness; flatness.

=platonicien=, =-ne= (-si-in, -si-èn), _n._ and _adj._, Platonist; Platonic.

=platonique=, _adj._, Platonic.

=platonisme=, _n.m._, Platonism.

=plâtrage=, _n.m._, plaster-work, plastering; unsolid work.

=plâtras=, _n.m._, old plaster-work; rubbish; piece of dried mortar.

=plâtre=, _n.m._, plaster; (b.s.) paint (on the face). _Enduire de —_; to coat with plaster. _— cuit_; calcined plaster. _Battre quelqu’un comme —_; to beat any one to a jelly. _Essuyer les —s_; to live in a newly built house (therefore damp).

=plâtré=, =-e=, _part._, plastered. _Visage —_; painted face. _Paix —e_; patched-up peace.

=plâtrer=, _v.a._, to plaster; to patch up, to piece up; (agri.) to manure with plaster.

_se_ =plâtrer=, _v.r._, (b.s.) to paint one’s self. _Elle se plâtre_; (b.s.) she paints her face; she makes up.

=plâtreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, chalky.

=plâtrier=, _n.m._, plasterer.

=plâtrière=, _n.f._, chalk-pit, plaster-quarry.

=plausibilité=, _n.f._, plausibleness, plausibility.

=plausible=, _adj._, plausible.

=plausiblement=, _adv._, plausibly.

=plèbe=, _n.f._, common people.

=plébéien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, plebeian.

=plébiscite=, _n.m._, plebiscite.

=pléiade=, _n.f._, pléiades, _n.f.pl._, Pleiades (the seven stars).

=plein=, =-e=, _adj._, full, filled, replete; copious; solid (of doors); entire, whole, thorough, complete. _Rivière —e de poissons_; river well stocked with fish. _Livre — d’érudition_; book stored with learning. _Homme — d’esprit_; man full of wit. _— comme un œuf_; as full as an egg; (fam.) chock-full. _—e lune_; full moon. _Une chienne —e_; a bitch with young. _—e récolte_; plentiful crop. _À —es voiles_; all sails set. _Arbre en — vent_; tree in the open air. _Être en —e mer_; to be out at sea, in the open sea. _En —e rue_; in the middle of the street. _En — jour_; in broad daylight. _En — midi_; at high noon. _En —e nuit_; in the dead of night. _En —e paix_; in the midst of peace. _En — classe_; before the whole class. _En — été_; in the height of summer. _En — hiver_; in the heart of winter. _Avoir le cœur —_; to have one’s heart full. _Donner à —e main_, _à —es mains_; to give, to bestow, largely, freely. _Porter —_; (nav.) to keep the sails full. _Battre son —_; to be in full swing (of balls, parties); to be high (of the tide).

=plein=, _n.m._, full part; plenum. _Dans le —_; in the middle. _À pur et à —_; fully, to the full, entirely.

=plein=, _adv._, full. _— les deux mains_; both hands full. _En —_; fully, entirely; right in. _A pur et à —_; altogether, completely. _Tout —_; a great many, numbers, very many.

=pleinement=, _adv._, fully, entirely, to the full.

=plénière=, _adj.f._, plenary; full, complete. _Indulgence —_; plenary indulgence. _Cour —_; plenary court.

=plénipotentiaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, plenipotentiary.

=plénitude=, _n.f._, plenitude, fullness.

=pléonasme=, _n.m._, pleonasm.

=pléonastique=, _adj._, pleonastic.

=plésiosaure=, _n.m._, (foss.) plesiosaur, plesiosaurus.

=plet=, _n.m._, (nav.) coil.

=pléthore=, _n.f._, plethora.

=pléthorique=, _adj._, plethoric.

=pleu-pleu= _or_ =plui-plui=, _n.m._, (_—_) green woodpecker.

=pleur=, _n.m._, (poet.) lament. _Un — éternel_; a never-ending lament (V. Hugo). _pl._, tears.

=pleurant=, =-e=, _adj._, weeping, crying.

=pleurard=, _n.m._, puling, squalling child; blubberer.

=pleure=, _n.f._, (anat.). _V._ =plèvre=.

=pleure-misère=, _n.m._, (_—_) grumbler; curmudgeon.

=pleurer=, _v.n._, to cry, to weep over, to shed tears, to bewail, to mourn; to run (of the eyes). _— comme un enfant_; to cry like a child. _— amèrement_; to weep bitterly. _— à chaudes larmes_; to shed bitter tears. _— de joie_; to weep for joy. _— à volonté_; to cry at will. _— sur quelqu’un_; to weep over any one.

=pleurer=, _v.a._, to weep, to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to deplore the loss (of); to grudge.

=pleurésie=, _n.f._, pleurisy.

=pleurétique=, _adj._, pleuritic.

=pleureu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, weeper; mourner.

=pleureur=, _n.m._, (mam.) weeper, sapajou.

=pleureu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, weeping, crying, mournful, tearful. _Saule —_; weeping willow.

=pleureuses=, _n.f.pl._, weeping bands.

=pleureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, weeping, crying.

=pleurnichement= (-nish-mān), _n.m._, whine, whining.

=pleurnicher=, _v.n._, to snivel, to whimper, to whine.

=pleurnicherie= (-ni-shrî), _n.f._, whining.

=pleurnicheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, whimperer, sniveler.

=pleuronecte=, _n.m._, (ich.) pleuronectes.

=pleuropneumonie=, _n.f._, (med.) pleuro-pneumonia.

=pleurs=, _n.m.pl._, tears; crying, weeping; bleeding (of a vine). _Verser_, _répandre_, _des —_; to shed tears. _Essuyer ses —_; to dry one’s tears.

=pleutre=, _n.m._, coward; contemptible fellow.

=pleuvoir= (pleuvant, plu), _v.imp._, to rain. _Il pleut à verse_; it is pouring with rain. _— à petites gouttes_; to drizzle. _— des hallebardes_; to rain cats and dogs. _L’argent y pleut_; it rains riches there. _— à seaux_; to rain in torrents. _Comme s’il en pleuvait_; in quantities, a great quantity, in shoals, in torrents. _Faire —_; to shower down upon; to pour, send in _or_ down.

=plèvre=, _n.f._, (anat.) pleura.

=plexus= (plèk-sus), _n.m._, (anat.) plexus.

=pleyon=, _n.m._, osier-tie.

=pli=, _n.m._, plait, fold, bend, wrinkle, rumple; tuck, coil; undulation, depression, wave; cover, letter, envelope, message, crease. _Cet habit ne fait pas un —_; that coat has not a wrinkle in it. _Sous le même —_; under the same cover. _Fouiller dans tous les —s et replis_, _sonder tous les —s et replis_, _du cœur_; to search into the innermost recesses of the heart. _Un faux —_; a crease (in stuffs). _Il a pris son —_; he has taken his bent, decided upon his course (of action). _Avoir des —s au front_; to have wrinkles on one’s forehead. _Le — du bras_; the bend of the arm. _Un — de terrain_; an undulation _or_ depression of the ground. _Cela ne fera pas un —_; there will not be the slightest difficulty, all will go as on wheels. _Prendre un mauvais —_; to get into bad habits.

=pliable=, _adj._, pliable, pliant, bending, flexible, supple.

=pliage=, _n.m._, folding.

=pliant=, =-e=, _adj._, pliant, pliable, bending, flexible, supple. _Siège —_; a folding-stool.

=pliant=, _n.m._, folding-stool, fold-stool.

=plica=, _n.m._, (med.). _V._ =plique=.

=plicatile=, _adj._, (bot.) plicate, twining.

=pliciforme=, _adj._, in the form of a fold.

=plie=, _n.f._, (ich.) plaice.

=plié=, =-e=, _part._, folded.

=plié=, _n.m._, bend of the knee in dancing.

=pliement= (plî-mān), _n.m._, act of folding.

=plier=, _v.a._, to fold, to fold up; to bend; to bring under. _— une lettre_; to fold a letter. _— du linge_; to fold up linen. _— les voiles_; to furl the sails. _— bagage_; to decamp, to pack or make off. _— son esprit aux volontés d’autrui_; to bend one’s mind, to yield to the will of others.

_se_ =plier=, _v.r._, to be folded, bent; to bow, to bend. _Je ne saurais me — à cela_; I cannot stoop to that.

=plier=, _v.n._, to bend; to yield; to give way. _Faire — un arc_; to bend a bow. _Il vaut mieux — que rompre_; better bend than break. _— sous l’autorité de quelqu’un_; to yield to any one’s authority. _L’infanterie plia_; the infantry gave way.

=plieu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, folder.

=plinthe=, _n.f._, (arch.) plinth.

=plioir=, _n.m._, folding-knife; paper-folder.

=plique=, _n.f._, (med.) plica.

=plissé=, _n.m._, kilting, plaits; wrinkling.

=plissement= (plis-mān), _n.m._, folding; plaiting, doubling over; undulation (of waves).

=plisser=, _v.a._, to plait; to kilt, to wrinkle.

_se_ =plisser=, _v.r._, to form plaits; to be plaited, or wrinkled, to pucker.

=plissure=, _n.f._, plaiting.

=ploc=, _n.m._, (nav.) sheathing hair, cow-hair.

=ploiement=, _n.m._, folding.

=plomb= (plon), _n.m._, lead, shot; plumb-line, plummet; custom-house seal; sink. _De —_; (fig.) heavy; (of clouds _or_ sky) gray, leaden, of a leaden hue. _Menu —_; small shot. _— en saumon_; pig-lead. _Jeter son — sur quelque chose_; to have an eye upon anything. _Mine de —_; black-lead pencil, lead. _— dans la tête_; (fig.) ballast. _À —_; perpendicularly, directly; vertically; right, or sheer, down. _Sous les —s_; under the leads. _Tomber à —_; to plumb; to fall vertically.

=plombage=, _n.m._, leading, lead work; plumbing.

=plombagine=, _n.f._, plumbago, black-lead.

=plombé=, _-e_, _part._, leaded; (fig.) of a leaden hue, leaden-colored; (of sticks) loaded. _Dent —e_; tooth that has been stopped. _Il a le teint —_; he has a livid complexion.

=plomber=, _v.a._, to lead; to load, to seal, to stop, to mark or stamp with lead; to stop (a tooth); to plumb. _— le faîte d’un toit_; to lead the ridge of a roof. _— un mur_; to plumb a wall. _Se —_; to assume a leaden hue.

=plomberie= (plon-brî), _n.f._, plumbery; lead-making; lead-manufactory; lead-works.

=plombeur=, _n.m._, (custom-house) stamper. _Rouleau —_; field roller.

=plombeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, leady, leaden.

=plombier=, _n.m._, plumber.

=plombifère=, _adj._, plumbiferous.

=plongé=, =-e=, _part._, immersed; dipped (of candles); sunk (in despair); weltering (in blood). _Chandelle —e_; dip candle.

=plongeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, plunging. _Vue —e_; view from a height. _Feu —_; plunging fire (coming from above); raking fire.

=plongée=, _n.f._, (fort.) glacis, slope.

=plongement= (plonj-mān), _n.m._, plunging; dipping; dip; (the sea) pitching.

=plongeon= (-jon), _n.m._, (orni.) diver; loon; dive, diving. _Faire le —_; to dive; to duck; (fig.) to flinch; to back out of.

=plonger=, _v.a._, to plunge, to dip, to immerse; to throw, to involve. _— quelqu’un dans la douleur_; to plunge any one into grief.

_se_ =plonger=, _v.r._, to be plunged.

=plonger=, _v.n._, to dive, to dip; to duck; to take a downward direction; to welter; to pitch (of ships).

=plongeur=, _n.m._, plunger, diver. _Cloche de_, or _à_, _—_; diving-bell.

=plongeur=, _adj._, (hydr.) plunging, diving.

=ploquer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to felt (a ship’s bottom); to sheath with hair.

=ployable=, _adj._, pliable, easy to bend; flexible.

=ployer=, _v.a._, to bend, to bow; to fold up.

_se_ =ployer=, _v.r._, to be bent, to be folded; to bend, to give way.

=ployer=, _v.n._, to bend; to yield, to submit; to give way.

=pluche=. _V._ =peluche=.

=pluie=, _n.f._, rain; downpour; shower, abundance of. _Un jour de —_; a rainy day. _Il tombe de la —_; it is raining. _Petite — abat grand vent_; a little rain lays a great dust. _Après la —, le beau temps_; every cloud has its silver lining. _— battante_; pelting rain. _Le temps est à la —_; it looks like rain. _Faire la — et le beau temps_; to be absolute master, to rule the roost. _Parler de la — et du beau temps_; to talk of indifferent things. _Une — de fleurs_; flowers in abundance.

=plui-plui=, _n.m._ _V._ =pleu-pleu=.

=plumage=, _n.m._, plumage, feathers.

*=plumail=, _n.m._, feather-broom. _V._ =plumet= _or_ =plumeau=.

=plumasseau=, _n.m._, quill (for harpsichords); feather (of arrows); (surg.) pledget; feather-broom, duster.

=plumasserie= (-ma-srî), _n.f._, feather-trade.

=plumassier=, _n.m._, feather-merchant (dresser, or seller).

=plume=, _n.f._, feather, plume, quill, pen. _— d’acier_; steel pen. _Tailler une —_; to mend, to cut a pen. _Mettre la main à la —_; to take pen in hand. _Se laisser aller au courant de la —_; to write off-hand. _— de corbeau_; crow-quill. _La belle — fait le bel oiseau_; fine feathers make fine birds. _Il est au poil et à la —_; he is fit for anything; fit as a fiddle. _Il y a laissé de ses —s_; he has been stripped of his feathers. _Passer la — par le bec à quelqu’un_; to baffle any one. _La fente d’une —_; the slit of a pen. _Le bec d’une —_; the nib of a pen. _Une bonne —_; a good penman. _Jeter la — au vent_; to allow chance to decide. _Guerre de —_; paper warfare. _Une — à son chapeau_; a feather in one’s cap.

=plumeau=, _n.m._, feather-broom, duster; pen-stand.

=plumée=, _n.f._, penful (of ink); plucking goose-feathers; plucking.

=plumer=, _v.a._, to pluck, to plume; to fleece. _— une volaille_; to pluck a fowl. _— quelqu’un_; to fleece any one; (in rowing) to feather. _— la poule sans la faire crier_; to fleece the sheep without making it bleat.

=plumet=, _n.m._, plume, ostrich feather; feather broom.

=plumetis= (plum-tî), _n.m._, feather-stitch.

=plumeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) plumous, feathery.

=plumipède=, _n.m._, plumiped.

=plumiste=, _n.m._, artist in feathers.

=plumitif=, _n.m._, (jur.) minute-book; (fam.) penman, clerk, scratch-paper.

=plum-pudding=, _n.m._ (_—-—s_). _V._ =pouding=.

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

=plupart=, _n.f._, most, most part, the greatest part; generality, majority (of); most people. _La — du monde prétend_; most people say. _La — de ses amis l’abandonnèrent_; most of his friends forsook him. _La — écrivent_; most people write. _Pour la —_; mostly. _Les hommes sont pour la — intéressés_; the generality of men are selfish. _La — du temps_; generally, mostly, in most cases.

=pluralité=, _n.f._, plurality.

=pluriel=, =-le=, _adj._, (gram.) plural.

=pluriel=, _n.m._, (gram.) plural.

=plus=, _adv._, more, over, most; also, moreover; further; besides; item; plus; no more, not any more, no longer, not again; never again. _— savant que lui_; more learned than he. _Il a — d’argent que moi_; he has more money than I. _Il m’en coûte — qu’a vous_; it costs me more than it does you (to have to say it, etc.). _Il a — de vingt ans_; he is more than twenty. _Nous sommes — qu’à moitié persuadés_; we are more than half convinced. _Je n’y retournerai —_; I will go there no more. _— je la vois, — je la hais_; the more I see her, the more I hate her. _— loin_; further. _— près_, _de — près_; nearer. _— de larmes_; no more tears. _N’avoir — rien_; to have nothing left. _Il y a —_; what is more. _Il y en a tant et —_; there is enough and to spare. _Au —_, _tout au —_; at most, at the most. _Il a tout au — trente ans_; he is thirty at most. _De —_; besides, moreover, again, furthermore, nay. _De —, il faut remarquer_; we must observe besides. _D’autant —_; the more so. _De — en —_; more and more. _Il s’enrichit de — en —_; he grows richer and richer every day. _Ni — ni moins_; neither more nor less. _Vous avez beau dire, il n’en sera ni — ni moins_; you may talk as much as you please, it will be so. _— ou moins_; more or less, thereabout. _Qui —, qui moins_; some more, some less. _Sans — différer_; without further delay. _Sans — de façon_; without any more ado. _— tard_, _— loin_, _— près_; later, farther, nearer. _Qui — est_; what is more. _N’être —_; to be no more. _Deux fois —_; twice as much. _Deux fois de —_; twice more. _Je n’ai — qu’à_; it only remains for me to.

=plus=, _n.m._, more; most. _Le — que je puisse faire_; the most I can do.

=plusieurs=, _pron._ and _adj._, _m.f.pl._, several, some.

=plus-pétition=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (jur.) exorbitant demand.

=plus-que-parfait= (plus-kĕ-par-fè), _n.m._ (_n.p._), (gram.) pluperfect tense.

=plus-value=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (fin.) superior value.

=plutocratie=, _n.f._, plutocracy.

=plutonique=, _adj._, (geol.) plutonic.

=plutôt=, _adv._, rather, sooner, in preference to. _— mourir que faire une lâcheté_; rather die than do a dishonorable thing. _Voyez —_; look, or see, for yourself!

=pluvial=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) pluvial.

=pluvial=, _adj._, of rain, rainy. _Eau —e_; rainwater.

=pluvier=, _n.m._, plover.

=pluvieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, rainy, showery, wet. _Un jour —_; a rainy day.

=pluviomètre=, _n.m._, pluviometer, rain-gauge, udometer.

=pluviôse=, _n.m._, Pluviose, fifth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from January 20th to February 18th or 19th.

=pneumatique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, pneumatics; pneumatic. _Machine —_; air-pump.

=pneumatocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) pneumatocele.

=pneumatologie=, _n.f._, pneumatology.

=pneumatose=, _n.f._, (med.) pneumatosis.

=pneumonie=, _n.f._, pneumonia.

=pneumonique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, (med.) pneumonic.

=pochade=, _n.f._, (paint.) rough sketch; (pop.) set to, mauling.

=poche=, _n.f._, pocket; pouch; sack; bag; rabbit-net; purse-net; small fiddle; crop (of a bird); sack (of an abscess, etc.); (needlework) pucker; wrinkle (in clothes); kit (of a violin). _Fouiller dans ses —s_; to search one’s pockets. _Un mouchoir de —_; a pocket handkerchief. _Mettre en —_; to pocket. _Jouer de la —_; to come down with the money. _Acheter chat en —_; to buy a pig in a poke. _Argent de —_; pocket-money. _Connaître comme sa —_; to know perfectly.

=poché=, =-e=, _part._, blotted (of writing); poached (of eggs); black (of the eyes). _Des œufs —s_; poached eggs. _Avoir les yeux —s au beurre noir_; to have one’s eyes black and blue.

=pocher=, _v.a._, to poach; to bruise. _— les yeux à quelqu’un_; to give any one a pair of black eyes. _Se faire — les yeux_; to get one’s eyes blacked.

=pochet=, _n.m._, nose-bag.

=pocheter= (posh-té), _v.a._, to keep in one’s pocket.

=pocheter=, _v.n._, to be kept in one’s pocket.

=pochette=, _n.f._, ☉pocket; net (for rabbits); small fiddle, kit.

=podagraire=, _n.f._, (bot.) goatweed, goutwort.

=podagre=, _n.f._, podagra, gout in the feet.

=podagre=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, gouty person; afflicted with the gout, gouty, podagrical.

=podestat=, _n.m._, podesta (magistrate in Italy).

=podosperme=, _n.m._, (bot.) funiculus.

=poêle=, _n.f._, frying-pan. _Tomber de la — dans le feu_; to jump out of the frying-pan into the fire.

=poêle= _or_ =poile=, _n.m._, stove.

=poêle=, _n.m._, pall (at a funeral); (c.rel.) canopy.

=poêlée=, _n.f._, panful.

=poêlette=, _n.f._, small pan.

=poêlier=, _n.m._, stove-maker.

=poêlon=, _n.m._, saucepan (small).

=poêlonnée=, _n.f._, saucepanful.

=poème=, _n.m._, poem.

=poésie=, _n.f._, poetry; poesy.

=poète=, _n.m._, poet; poetess. _Méchant —_; wretched poet, poetaster. _— lauréat_; poet laureate. _Elle est —_; she is a poetess.

=poétereau= (po-é-trô), _n.m._, poetaster; rhymester.

=poétesse=, _n.f._, (l.u.) poetess.

=poétique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, poetics; poetical.

=poétiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, poetically.

=poétiser=, _v.n._, ☉to versify, to poetize; to make poetical.

=poids= (poâ), _n.m._, weight; heaviness; gravity; burden, load; moment, importance, consequence, consideration. _Le — d’un fardeau_; the weight of a burden. _Cela est de —_; that is full weight. _Un — de dix livres_; a ten-pound weight. _Avoir du —_; to weigh; (fig.) to be influential, to have influence. _Faire bon —_; to give good weight. _Vendre une chose au — de l’or_; to sell a thing extremely dear. _Le — des affaires_; the burden of affairs.

*=poignant=, =-e=, _adj._, poignant; acute, keen; stinging; painful, sad.

*=poignard=, _n.m._, poniard, dagger. _Coup de —_; stab. _Ce fut un coup de — pour elle_; she was cut to the quick by it, it was a crushing blow for her.

*=poignarder=, _v.a._, to poniard, to stab, to wound, to grieve to the heart; to kill.

_se_ =poignarder=, _v.r._, to stab one’s self.

=poigne=, _n.f._, (pop.) grasp, gripe, clutch; (fig.) strength, vigor.

*=poignée=, _n.f._, handful; handle; hilt (of swords); bunch (of keys); shake (of the hand). _À —s_; by handfuls. _Jeter de l’argent à —_; to throw money about like shells. _Prendre à —_; to grasp tightly.

*=poignet=, _n.m._, wrist; wrist-band (of linen); cuff (of a gown).

=poil=, _n.m._, hair (of animals); hair (of persons other than that of the head); wool (of some animals); beard; nap (of cloth, of hats); color (of horses); (bot.) bristle, wool; (fig.) boldness, courage, resolution. _— de chèvre_; goat’s hair, mohair. _— follet_; down; soft hair. _— de drap_; nap of cloth. _Monter un cheval à —_; to ride a horse bareback. _Il y a laissé de son —_; he was pretty well fleeced there. _Être au — et à la plume_; to be fit for anything. _Faire le — à un cheval_; to trim a horse; (fig.) to outdo, to cut out. _De quel — est ce cheval?_ what is the color of that horse? _— bai_; bay. _Reprendre du — à la bête_; to be at it again; to begin again. _Chercher du — aux œufs_; to split hairs.

=poile=, _n.m._ _V._ =poêle=.

=poilu=, =-e=, _adj._, hairy, shaggy; (bot.) bristly, pilose.

*=poincillade=, _n.f._, (bot.) (Barbadoes) flower-fence.

=poinçon=, _n.m._, punch, puncheon; bodkin; stiletto, awl, pointer; stamp, die; puncheon (cask); (carp.) king-post; stamp (of coins).

=poinçonnage=, _n.m._, stamping.

=poinçonner=, _v.a._, to stamp.

=poinçonneu-r=, =-se=, _n.m._, stamper, puncher. _n.f._, stamping machine.

=poindre=, _v.n._, to peep, to dawn, to break; to appear, to begin. _Le jour commençait à —_; day was beginning to break. _Le poil commence à lui — au menton_; his beard is beginning to grow.

=poindre=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to sting. _Oignez vilain, il vous poindra, poignez vilain, il vous oindra_; save a thief from the gallows and he will cut your throat. _Quel taon vous point?_ why, what’s the matter with you? (lit., what gnat has stung you).

=poing=, _n.m._, fist, hand. _Coup de —_; punch, cuff. _Se battre à coups de —_; to fight with fisticuffs. _Fermer le —_; to clinch, clench one’s fist. _À — fermé_; with clinched, clenched fist. _Faire le coup de — avec quelqu’un_; to have a set-to with any one. _Il sait faire le coup de —_; he knows how to box. _Pieds et —s liés_; bound hand and foot.

=point=, _adv._, no, not; not at all; none (_more emphatic than_ =pas=). _Je ne l’ai — vu_; I have not seen him. _Il n’a — d’argent_; he has no money at all. _— du tout_; not at all. _— d’amitié sans vertu_; there can be no friendship without virtue.

=point=, _n.m._, point; dot, mark; full stop; period; speck; hole (of a strap, etc.); break (of day); (needlework) stitch; moment, difficulty, state, case, terms; place, quarter; (nav.) tack (of the sheets). _— de côté_; pain in the side, stitch. _Un —_; full stop. _— d’interrogation_; note of interrogation. _— d’admiration_, _— d’exclamation_; note of exclamation. _Lettre de deux —s_; (print.) two-line letter. _Il ne met jamais de — sur les i_; he never dots his i’s. _Mettre les —s sur les i_; to dot one’s i’s; to be very punctilious, to mind one’s P’s and Q’s. _— d’orgue_; (mus.) pause. _— d’appui_; fulcrum. _— d’Angleterre_; Brussels point (lace). _Faire venir quelqu’un à son —_; to bring any one over to one’s views. _Il fut sur le — d’être tué_; he was very near being killed. _À —_; in the nick of time. _À — nommé_; at the appointed time. _Tout vient à — à qui sait attendre_; patience and time bring everything to pass, _or_ all comes to him who knows how to wait. _Un — fait à temps en sauve mille_; a stitch in time saves nine. _L’affaire est réduite à ce —_; the matter has come to this point _or_ pitch. _Au plus haut —_; to the highest pitch. _Au dernier —_; in the highest degree. _C’est un — arrêté_; it is a thing agreed upon. _Avoir un — de côté_; to have a stitch in one’s side. _Faire un — à_; (needlework) to put a stitch in. _— de vue_; point of view, prospect; (fig.) light, sight, opinion. _— du vent_; (nav.) tack. _— d’honneur_; point of honor. _De tout —_; in every respect, entirely. _De — en —_; exactly, in particular, in detail. _—s cardinaux_; cardinal points. _— du compas_; point of the compass. _Rendre des — à_; to be more than a match for, to give odds (at a game). _Faute d’un —_; for a trifle. _La viande est cuite à —_; the meat is done to a turn.

=pointage=, _n.m._, (artil., nav.) pointing, leveling.

=pointal=, _n.m._, (carp.) prop, girder.

=pointe=, _n.f._, point (sharp end); (print.) bodkin; pungency, tartness, sharpness; witticism; tack, tin-tack (nail, rivet, French nail); etching-needle; head (of an arrow, of a lance); (fenc.) small sword; (agri., geog.) point. _La — d’une épée_; the point of a sword. _— d’une plume_; nib of a pen. _La — du jour_; the break, the dawn, of day. _Marcher sur la — du pied_; to walk on tiptoe. _Tourner la — du pied en dehors_; to turn one’s toes out. _Tailler en —_; to cut point-wise. _Se terminer en —_; to end in a point. _Faire une —_; (milit.) to deviate from the line; (fig.) to turn aside. _Pousser sa —_; to pursue one’s point, to persist (in); to go on (with). _Avoir une — de vin_; to be slightly excited, flustered. _— d’une épigramme_; point of an epigram. _Faire la —_; (man.) to rear. _— de terre_; foreland.

=pointé=, =-e=, _adj._, pointed.

=pointement= (point-mān), _n.m._, (artil.) pointing, leveling.

=pointer=, _v.a._, to pierce, to stick; to stab; to prick, to mark; to point; to dot; to sharpen; (print.) to register. _— la carte_; (nav.) to point the chart. _— un canon_; to point a cannon.

=pointer=, _v.n._, to point, to dot; to spring up, to soar, to fly high; to keep, to appear, to come out; (man.) to rear.

=pointeur=, _n.m._, pointer, marker, checker; (artil.) artillery-man (who points the gun).

*=pointillage=, _n.m._, (engr.) dotting, stippling.

*=pointillé=, _n.m._, (engr.) dotting, stippling.

*=pointille=, _n.f._, trifle, trifling point; bickering, cavil (about a trifling subject).

*=pointiller=, _v.n._, to dot, to stipple; to cavil, to carp at.

=pointiller=, _v.a._, to nettle, to tease.

*=pointillerie=, _n.f._, bickering, caviling, hair-splitting.

*=pointilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, caviling, particular, punctilious, captious. _Un critique —_; a carping critic.

=pointu=, =-e=, _adj._, pointed, sharp, sharp-pointed, peaked. _Chapeau —_; sugar-loaf hat.

=pointure=, _n.f._, (print.) point; (of shoes) size.

=poire=, _n.f._, (bot.) pear; weight (of a steel-yard). _— d’angoisse_; choke-pear. _Entre la — et le fromage_; at dessert. _— à poudre_; powder-horn, powder-flask. _Garder une — pour la soif_; to lay up something for a rainy day. _—s secrètes_; pear-bit (of a bridle). _— de Messire Jean_; a kind of very sweet pear.

=poiré=, _n.m._, perry.

=poireau= _or_ =porreau=, _n.m._, (bot.) leek; (vet.) wart.

=poirée=, _n.f._, (bot.) white beet.

=poirier=, _n.m._, pear-tree.

=pois=, _n.m._, (bot.) pea, peas, pease. _Cosse de —_; pea-cod. _— ramés_; branch peas. _— carrés_; marrow-fats. _— chiches_; chick-peas; dwarf pea. _— cassés_; split peas. _— verts_ or _petits —_; green peas. _Il donne un — pour avoir une fève_; he gives a sprat to catch a herring.

=poison=, _n.m._, poison, venom.

=poissard=, =-e=, _adj._, vulgar, low. _Style —_; Billingsgate style.

=poissarde=, _n.f._, fishwoman, fish-fag; low or vulgar woman.

=poisser=, _v.a._, to pitch, to do over with pitch; to make sticky.

=poisseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pitchy, gluey, sticky.

=poisson=, _n.m._, fish; half a gill. _pl._, (astron.) Pisces. _— de mer_, _de rivière_; sea-fish, river-fish. _Colle de —_; isinglass. _— d’avril_; April fool. _— rouge_; gold-fish. _— juif_; hammer-fish. _Donner un — d’avril à quelqu’un_; to make an April fool of any one. _Être comme un — sur la paille_; to be like a fish out of water.

*=poissonnaille=, _n.f._, small fish _or_ fry.

=poissonnerie= (-so-n-rî), _n.f._, fish-market.

=poissonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, abounding in fish, full of fish.

=poissonnier=, _n.m._, fishmonger, fish-salesman.

=poissonnière=, _n.f._, fishmonger (woman); fish-kettle.

=poitrail=, _n.m._, breast (of a horse); breast-piece (of harness); (arch.) breast-summer.

=poitrinaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, consumptive.

=poitrine=, _n.f._, chest, breast, lungs; brisket. _Maladie de —_; consumption. _Une fluxion de —_; inflammation of the lungs. _Il a bonne —_; he has good lungs.

=poivrade=, _n.f._, pepper sauce.

=poivre=, _n.m._, pepper. _— en grains_; whole pepper. _— de la Jamaïque_; all-spice, Jamaica-pepper. _— et sel_; (of the beard) grizzly.

=poivrer=, _v.a._, to pepper, to put pepper in; (of a bill) to lay it on, to fleece.

=poivrier=, _n.m._, pepper-plant; pepper-box.

=poivrière=, _n.f._, spice-box; pepper-box; (fort.) sentry-box.

=poix=, _n.f._, pitch; shoemakers’ wax. _Cela tient comme —_; that sticks like pitch.

=polacre= _or_ =polaque=, _n.f._, (nav.) polacca, polacre.

☉=polacre= _or_ =polaque=, _n.m._, Polack (Polish).

=polaire=, _adj._, polar. _Etoile —_; polar star.

=polarisation=, _n.f._, polarization.

=polariser=, _v.a._, to polarize.

=polarité=, _n.f._, (phys.) polarity.

=polatouche=, _n.m._, flying-squirrel.

=polder= (pol-dèr), _n.m._, polder (tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by means of high embankments, in Holland and Belgium).

=pôle=, _n.m._, (astron., geog.) pole. _— arctique_; arctic pole. _— antarctique_; antarctic pole. _—s de l’aimant_; magnetic poles.

=polémarque=, _n.m._, (antiq.) polemarch.

=polémique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, polemics, controversy, disputation; polemic, polemical.

=polémoscope=, _n.m._, polemoscope.

=polenta=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) a sort of pap.

=poli=, =-e=, _adj._, polished, bright, glossy, smooth; polite, civil; refined.

=poli=, _n.m._, polish, finish, gloss.

=police=, _n.f._, police; police-regulations; (fig.) polity, government; (print.) font; policy (of insurance). _Commissaire de —_; commissary or inspecter of police. _Espion de —_; police-spy. _Être mandé à la police_; to be sent for to the police-office. _Faire la — d’une salle_; to keep order in a hall. _Faire la — des rues_; to keep the streets clear. _Salle de —_; (milit.) guard-room. _Bonnet de —_; foraging-cap. _Tribunal de —_; police-court.

=policement=, _n.m._, civilizing.

=policer=, _v.a._, to establish a regular government; to civilize, to polish, to refine.

=polichinelle=, _n.m._, punch, buffoon; merry-andrew.

=poli-couteaux=, _n.m._, knife-cleaner.

=poliment=, _adv._, politely.

=polir=, _v.a._, to polish, to polish up, to brighten, to burnish; to make polite, to civilize, to refine. _— un discours_; to polish a discourse. _— une langue_; to polish a language.

_se_ =polir=, _v.r._, to polish (of a thing); to become refined (of people).

=polissage=, _n.m._, polishing, finishing.

=polisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, polisher.

=polissoir=, _n.m._, polisher (tool).

=polissoire=, _n.f._, shining-brush.

=polisson=, _n.m._, blackguard; low fellow, ragamuffin; scamp; mischievous child.

=polisson=, =-ne=, _adj._, mischievous, idle, blackguard; rude.

=polissonne=, _n.f._, gadabout (girl who runs about the streets).

=polissonner=, _v.n._, to play the blackguard, to crack broad jokes; (of children) to run about the streets.

=polissonnerie= (-so-n-rî), _n.f._, blackguardism, blackguard trick, broad, smutty joke.

=polissure=, _n.f._, polishing.

=politesse=, _n.f._, politeness, civility, good breeding, polite thing, kindness, attention, compliment. _Faire une —_; to do a polite thing. _Ce serait une — de votre part de_; it would be kind of you to.

=politicien=, _n.m._, politician.

=politique=, _adj._, political, politic, prudent, wise.

=politique=, _n.m._, politician, statesman. _C’est un rusé —_; he is a crafty politician.

=politique=, _n.f._, policy; politics, statecraft; prudence. _Etudier la —_; to study politics. _Parler —_; to talk politics. _— extérieure_; foreign politics; foreign policy.

=politiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, politically, (fig.) shrewdly.

=politiquer=, _v.n._, (fam.) to talk politics, to meddle with politics.

=polka=, _n.f._, polka.

=polker=, _v.n._, to dance the polka.

=poll=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (pol.) poll.

=pollen= (pol-lè-n), _n.m._, (bot.) pollen.

=pollicitation= (pol-li-), _n.f._, (jur.) pollicitation.

=pollué=, =-e= (pol-lué), _adj._, polluted, defiled.

=polluer= (pol-lué), _v.a._, to pollute, to defile, to profane.

_se_ =polluer=, _v.r._, to pollute one’s self.

=pollution=, (pol-lu-), _n.f._, pollution, profanation.

=polonais=, =-e=, _adj._, Polish.

=polonais=, _n.m._, Pole; Polonese, Polish (language).

=polonaise=, _n.f._, polonaise (dress, dance, tune).

=poltron=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, coward, poltroon, skulker; cowardly, dastardly, chicken-hearted.

=poltronnerie= (-tro-n-rî), _n.f._, cowardice, poltroonery, cowardly action.

=poly-=, a prefix from Gr. πολύς.

=polyacoustique=, _adj._, polyacoustic.

=polyadelphie=, _n.f._, polyadelphia.

=polyandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) polyandria.

=polyarchie=, _n.f._, polyarchy.

=polychreste=, _adj._, (pharm.) polycrest.

=polychrome=, _adj._, (tech.) of many colors.

=polyèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) polyhedron.

=polygala= _or_ =polygale=, _n.m._, (bot.) polygala, milkwort.

=polygame=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, polygamist; polygamous.

=polygamie=, _n.f._, polygamy; (bot.) polygamia.

=polygarchie=, _n.f._ _V._ =polyarchie=.

=polyglotte=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, polyglot.

=polygone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (fort., geom.) polygon; ordnance-yard, practice-ground; polygonal.

=polygraphe=, _n.m._, polygraph (instrument for multiplying copies of a writing); manifold writer.

=polygraphie=, _n.f._, polygraphy.

=polygynie=, _n.f._, polygynia.

=polymathie=, _n.f._, polymathy (knowledge of many arts and sciences).

=polymathique=, _adj._, polymathic.

=polymorphe=, _adj._, polymorphous.

=polymorphisme=, _n.m._, polymorphy.

=polynôme=, _n.m._, (alg.) polynome, polynomial.

=polype=, _n.m._, polyp, polypus. _— du nez_; polypus (in the nose).

=polypétale=, _adj._, (bot.) polypetalous.

=polypeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) polypous.

=polyphone=, _adj._, polyphonic.

=polyphylle=, _adj._, polyphyllous.

=polypier=, _n.m._, polypier, coral.

=polypode=, _n.m._, (bot.) polypody.

=polyptique=, _n.m._, (feudality) register of rents, taxes.

=polyscope=, _n.m._, polyscope.

=polyspaste=, _n.m._, polyspast.

=polysperme=, _adj._, polyspermous.

=polystyle=, _adj._, (arch.) polystyle.

=polysyllabe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, polysyllable; polysyllabic, polysyllabical.

=polysyllabique=, _adj._, polysyllabic, polysyllabical.

=polytechnicien=, _n.m._, cadet of the Paris Polytechnic School.

=polytechnique= (-tèk-nik), _adj._, polytechnic. _Ecole —_; Polytechnic School (French national military and civil-service academy).

=polythéisme=, _n.m._, polytheism.

=polythéiste=, _n.m._ and _adj._, polytheist; polytheistic, polytheistical.

=polytric=, _n.m._, (bot.) golden maiden-hair, hair-moss.

=pomifère=, _adj._, pomiferous.

=pommade=, _n.f._, pomatum (for the hair); lip-salve; (man.) vault, vaulting.

=pommader=, _v.a._, to pomade.

=pomme=, _n.f._, apple; ball, knob; head (of a cabbage, of a lettuce, of a walking-stick). _— sauvage_; crab, crab-apple. _— d’Adam_; Adam’s apple. _— de discorde_; apple of discord, bone of contention. _— d’amour_; tomato. _— de terre_; potato. _— de chêne_; oak-apple. _— de coloquinte_; bitter-apple. _— de pin_; pineapple; fir-apple. _— de choux_, _de laitue_; head of a cabbage, of a lettuce. _— de canne_; head _or_ handle of a cane. _— de lit_; ball at the top of a bed-post. _—s de pavillon_; (nav.) trucks of the ensign-staff. _—s de girouette_; (nav.) acorns of the vanes.

☉=pommé=, _n.m._, cider.

=pommé=, =-e=, _part._, grown to a round head, cabbaged; (fig., fam.) complete, downright. _Laitue —e_; cabbage-lettuce. _Un fou —_; a downright fool. _Une sottise —e_; an egregious blunder.

=pommeau=, _n.m._, pummel (of saddles, swords).

=pommelé=, =-e=, _adj._, dappled, mottled; cloudy (with dappled clouds). _Cheval gris-—_; dapple-gray horse.

_se_ =pommeler= (po-m-lé), _v.r._, to become dappled. _Le ciel s’est pommelé_; the sky has become dappled.

=pommelle=, _n.f._, roller-bolt (of carriages); grating (of pipes); drain-pipe; strainer.

=pommer=, _v.n._, (hort.) to cabbage, to grow to a round head.

=pommeraie= (po-mrê), _n.f._, apple-orchard.

=pommette=, _n.f._, pommel, knob, ball; cheek-bone.

=pommier=, _n.m._, apple-tree; apple-roaster.

=pomoyer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to underrun (cables).

=pompe=, _n.f._, pomp; splendor; ceremony, state; dignity, majesty. _Marcher en grande —_; to march in great state. _— funèbre_; funeral pomp. _— du style_; loftiness of style. _Entrepreneur de —s funèbres_; undertaker.

=pompe=, _n.f._, pump. _Piston d’une —_; plug, sucker, of a pump. _— à feu_; steam-pump. _— aspirante_; suction-pump. _— à incendie_; fire-engine. _— à vapeur_; steam-pump _or_ engine. _— d’arrosement_; watering-engine, garden engine. _—s funèbres_; funerals, burials. _La — est haute_; the pump sucks. _La — se décharge_; the pump has lost water. _— à bière_; beer-engine. _À la —_; on draught. _À la —!_ (nav.) pump ship, ho!

=pomper=, _v.n._, to pump.

=pomper=, _v.a._, to pump, to suck up. _— l’humidité_; to suck up the moisture.

=pompeusement= (-peûz-mān), _adv._, pompously, with great pomp.

=pompeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pompous, stately, lofty. _Style_, _discours —_; lofty style, speech.

=pompier=, _n.m._, fireman; pump-maker.

=pompon=, _n.m._, top-knot (of horses); ear-knot; (milit.) tuft.

=pomponné=, =-e=, _part._, decked out, tricked out.

=pomponner=, _v.a._, (fam.) to ornament, to deck out, to dress. _— son style_; to trick out one’s style.

_se_ =pomponner=, _v.r._, (fam.) to dress one’s self up.

☉=ponant=, _n.m._, west; western ocean (in contradistinction to the Mediterranean).

=ponçage=, _n.m._, pumicing; pouncing.

=ponce=, _n.f._, Pontius; pumice; (drawing) pounce. _Pierre —_; pumice-stone.

=ponceau=, _n.m._, (bot.) corn-poppy; culvert; archway; one-arched bridge; red color, poppy-color, flame-color.

=ponceau=, _adj._, poppy-colored.

=poncer=, _v.a._, to pumice; (drawing) to pounce. _— de la vaisselle_; to rub plate with pumice-stone.

=ponceu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pumiceous.

=poncif=, _n.m._ _V._ =poncis=.

=poncire=, _n.m._, poncire lemon.

=poncis=, _n.m._, (drawing, engr.) pounced drawing.

=ponction=, _n.f._, (surg.) puncture, tapping.

=ponctionner=, _v.a._, (med.) to tap, to puncture.

=ponctualité=, _n.f._, punctuality.

=ponctuation=, _n.f._, punctuation; vowel-pointing.

=ponctué=, =-e=, _part._, punctuated, dotted. _Plante —e_; dotted plant. _Ligne —e_; dotted line.

=ponctuel=, =-le=, _adj._, punctual, exact.

=ponctuellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, punctually, exactly.

=ponctuer=, _v.a._, to punctuate, to point.

=pondage=, _n.m._, poundage (duty per pound).

=pondérabilité=, _n.f._, ponderability.

=pondérable=, _adj._, ponderable.

=pondération=, _n.f._, (phys.) ponderation; poising, balancing.

=pondérer=, _v.a._, to poise, to balance.

=pondeuse=, _n.f._, layer; laying (of hens).

=pondre=, _v.a._, to lay eggs.

=poney=, _n.m._, pony.

=pongo=, _n.m._, (mam.) pongo, black orang.

=pont=, _n.m._, bridge; deck (of a ship); flap (of trousers). _—-levis_, (_—s-—_) drawbridge. _— tournant_; swing-bridge. _— dormant_; fixed bridge. _— suspendu_; suspension-bridge. _— tube_; tubular bridge. _— à bascule_; weigh-bridge. _Faire un — d’or à quelqu’un_; to make great pecuniary concessions to any one. _— aux ânes_; asses’ bridge (the 47th proposition in France, instead of the 5th in America). _La foire n’est pas sur le —_; (prov.) there is no need to be in such a hurry. _Les —s et chaussées_; department of roads and bridges. _— volant_; (nav.) hanging stage. _Premier —_; lower deck. _Second —_; upper deck of a two-decker. _Troisième —_; upper deck of a three-decker. _Faux —_; spar-deck. _— arqué_; cambered deck. _— coupé_; half-deck. _Entre —_; orlop deck, between decks. _Equipage de —_; pontoon train. _Se porter comme le Pont Neuf_; to be in splendid health; to be as fit as a fiddle. _C’est vieux comme le Pont Neuf_; it is as old as the hills _or_ Queen Anne is dead.

=pont-aqueduc=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) aqueduct-bridge.

=ponte=, _n.f._, laying of eggs.

=ponte=, _n.m._, punter (cards); (ombre) ponto, the ace of hearts _or_ diamonds.

=ponté=, =-e=, _adj._, decked (of a ship).

=ponter=, _v.n._, (play) to punt.

=pontet=, _n.m._, trigger-guard; saddle-tree.

=pontife=, _n.m._, pontiff. _Le souverain —_; the sovereign pontiff, the pope.

=pontifical=, _n.m._, pontifical.

=pontifical=, =-e=, _adj._, pontifical.

=pontificalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, pontifically.

=pontificat=, _n.m._, pontificate.

=pontin=, _adj._, Pontine. _Les marais —s_; the Pontine marshes (between Rome and Naples).

=pont-levis=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) drawbridge; flap (of trousers); (man.) pontlevis.

=pont-neuf=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) street-ballad, popular song.

=ponton=, _n.m._, pontoon, bridge of boats; hulk; convict-ship.

=pontonage=, _n.m._, bridge-toll; hire of a ferry-boat; pontage.

=pontonnier=, _n.m._, toll-collector; (milit.) pontonier.

=pontuseau=, _n.m._, water-line (in paper).

=pope=, _n.m._, pope (priest of the Greek church).

=popeline=, _n.f._, poplin.

=poplité=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) popliteal.

=populace=, _n.f._, populace, mob, rabble.

=populaci-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, low, vulgar.

=populaire=, _adj._, popular, vulgar. _n.m._, populace, rabble.

=populairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, popularly.

=populariser=, _v.a._, to popularize, to make popular.

_se_ =populariser=, _v.r._, to make one’s self popular.

=popularité=, _n.f._, popularity.

=population=, _n.f._, population.

=populeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, populous.

=populo=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (jest.) plump little boy, chubby-cheeks.

=poracé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) porraceous.

=porc= (pork), _n.m._, hog, pig, pork; porker; swine. _— marin_; porpoise. _Soie de —_; hog’s bristles. _Gardeur de —s_; swine-herd. _— frais_; pork. _Côtelette de —_; pork-chop. [The final c of porc is silent before words beginning with a consonant.]

=porcelaine=, _n.f._, porcelain, china, chinaware; china vase or vases. _Terre à —_; china-clay.

=porcelainier=, _n.m._, workman in a porcelain manufactory, china manufacturer.

=porcelet=, _n.m._, young pig; porket; (insect) wood-louse.

=porc-épic= (por-ké-pik), _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) porcupine.

=porchaison=, _n.f._, wild-boar season.

=porche=, _n.m._, porch, portal.

=porch-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, swineherd.

=porcherie=, _n.f._, pig-sty, piggery.

=porcine=, _adj.f._, porcine.

=pore=, _n.m._, pore.

=poreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, having pores, porous.

=porisme=, _n.m._, (geom.) porism; (antiq.) corollary.

=porosité=, _n.f._, porosity.

=porphyre=, _n.m._, (min.) porphyry; (pharm.) slab (for grinding).

=porphyrisation=, _n.f._, grinding (with a muller), pulverization.

=porphyriser=, _v.a._, to grind; to porphyrize; to pound, to powder, to pulverize.

=porque=, _n.f._, sow; (nav.) rider. _— de fond_; floor-riders. _Allonges de —_; futtock-riders. _Aiguillettes de —_; upper futtock-riders.

=porracé=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =poracé=.

=porreau=, _n.m._ _V._ =poireau=.

=porrection=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) presentation of the instruments.

=porrigo=, _n.m._, (med.) porrigo, ring-worm.

=port=, _n.m._, port, haven, harbor, sea-port town; wharf, quay; postage, carriage (of parcels); aspect; presence, bearing, gait, portliness; (nav.) burden; (mus.) grace note, portamento. _— de mer_; sea-port. _— de toutes marées_; deep-water harbor. _— à marée_; tidal harbor. _— marchand_; commercial harbor. _— de guerre_; naval harbor _or_ station. _Franc de —_; prepaid, carriage paid. _Prendre —_, _surgir au —_; to come into harbor, to land; to attain one’s end, to come to an anchor. _Arriver à bon —_; to come safe into harbor; to arrive safely; (fig.) to end happily. _Faire naufrage au —_; to be wrecked in port. _— de lettre_; postage. _— payé_; post-paid. _Permis de — d’armes_; license to carry arms. _— d’armes_; gun-license. _— de voix_; (voc. mus.) portamento-voice. _Elle a un — de reine_; her walk is that of a queen. _Le — d’une plante_; (bot.) the aspect of a plant. _— permis_; (nav.) weight of luggage (free on board ship to officers, sailors, and passengers). _Conduire_, or _mener_, _à bon —_; (fig.) to bring to a successful issue.

=portable=, _adj._, that can be worn, wearable; portable, payable (at).

=portage=, _n.m._, portage (at water-falls in America); conveyance, porterage. _V._ _port permis_ (nav.), under =port=. _Faire —_; to carry a boat overland (at waterfalls).

*=portail=, _n.m._, front gate, west-door (of a church); door-way, portal.

=portant=, =-e=, _adj._, bearing, carrying. _L’un — l’autre_; one with another, one carrying the other. _Il est bien —_; he is in good health. _Tirer sur quelqu’un à bout —_; to shoot at any one quite close, _or_ point-blank.

=portati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, portable.

=porte=, _adj._, (anat.) portal. _Veine —_; portal vein.

=porte=, _n.f._, gate, gateway, door-way, door; door-step, threshold; eye (for hooks); defile (of mountains); the Sublime Porte. _Les —s d’une ville_; the gates of a town. _—s d’enfilade_; suite of doors. _— d’entrée_; entrance door, street door, front door. _— de sortie_; exit door, side door, back door. _— à —_; next door to each other. _— cochère_; courtyard-gate. _— à deux battants_; folding-doors. _— battante_; baize-door. _— vitrée_; glass door. _—-croisée_, (_—s-—s_) terrace, _or_ garden, glass door. _Mettre quelqu’un à la —_; to turn any one out of doors. _Fermer la — au nez de quelqu’un_; to shut the door in any one’s face. _— de derrière_; back door; (fig.) shift. _Prendre la —_; to take to the door. _Refuser la —_; to refuse admittance. _À —s ouvrantes_; at the opening of the gates. _À — close_; with closed doors. _—s d’un bassin_; gates of a dock. _La — ottomane_; the Ottoman, the Sublime Porte. _Faire défendre sa — à_; not to be at home to.

=porté=, =-e=, _part._, carried, inclined, prone, disposed; (of shadows) projected. _Il est — par la loi que_; the law provides that. _Il est — à médire_; he is prone to backbiting.

=porté=, _n.m._, wear; appearance, style, look.

=porte-affiches=, _n.m._, advertising board; (man) sandwich-man.

*=porte-aiguille=, _n.m._, (_—_) (surg.) needle-holder; (_—_, or _—-—s_) needle-case.

=porte-allumettes=, _n.m._, (_—_) _n.m._, match-box.

=porte-amarre=, _n.m._, life-saving apparatus, line rocket.

☉=porte-arquebuse=, _n.m._, (_—_) king’s gun-bearer.

=porte-assiette=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) plate-stand.

☉=porte-auge=, _n.m._, (_—_) hodman, mason’s laborer.

=porte-baguette=, _n.m._, (_—_) pipe (of muskets, pistols).

=porte-baïonnette=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) bayonet-belt.

=porte-balle=, _n.m._, peddler, packman.

=porte-barres=, _n.m._, (_—_) pole-ring.

=porte-bonheur=, _n.m._, bearer of good tidings; bangle.

=porte-bossoir=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) supporter of the cat-head.

=porte-bouquet=, _n.m._, bouquet-holder.

=porte-bouteilles=, _n.m._, wine-rack, wine-bin.

=porte-carabine=, _n.m._, (_—_) carbine-swivel.

=porte-carafe=, _n.m._, decanter stand.

=porte-cartes=, _n.m._, (_—_) card-rack, card-case.

=porte-chape=, _n.m._, cope-bearer.

=porte-cierge=, _n.m._, taper-bearer.

=porte-choux=, _n.m._, market-gardener’s horse.

=porte-cigare=, _n.m._, (_—_) cigar-holder.

=porte-cigares=, _n.m._, (_—_) cigar-case.

=porte-clefs=, _n.m._, (_—_) turnkey; (mus.) key-board, key-ring.

=porte-collet=, _n.m._, pad, stiffener (for collars).

=porte-coquetiers=, _n.m._, egg-stand.

=porte-crayons=, _n.m._, pencil-case.

=porte-croix=, _n.m._, (_—_) cross-bearer.

=porte-crosse=, _n.m._, (_—_) crosier-bearer; (milit.) carbine-bucket.

=porte-cure-dent=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) tooth-pick case _or_ holder.

=porte-dieu=, _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) viaticum-bearer.

=porte-drapeau=, _n.m._, (_—_) (milit.) ensign-bearer, ensign, color-sergeant.

=portée=, _n.f._, brood, litter; reach (of the hand, arm); reach (of the mind); capacity, compass; comprehension; import (extent of signification); shot (of a missile weapon); (artil.) range; (arch.) pitch; bearing; resting-point; (mus.) staff, stave. _Hors de la — du canon_; beyond cannon range. _A_ or _à la — du fusil_; within gun-shot range. _Cela n’est pas à ma —_; that is not within my reach. _Être à la — de la voix de quelqu’un_; to be within hearing, within call. _À — de trait_; within bow-shot. _Cet ouvrage n’est pas à ma —_; that work is not within my compass, is beyond me. _Cela passe ma —_; that is beyond my comprehension, I cannot make it out, I fail to understand. _Se mettre à la — de quelqu’un_; to come down to the level of any one. _Esprit d’une haute —_; an intellect of great range of thought. _La — d’un raisonnement_; the scope or bearing of an argument.

☉=porte-enseigne=, _n.m._, (_—_) standard-bearer.

=porte-épée=, _n.m._, (_—_) sword-bearer; sword-belt, sword-hanger.

=porte-éperon=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) spur-strap.

=porte-étendard=, _n.m._, (_—_) standard-bearer; cornet.

=porte-étrier=, _n.m._, (_—_) stirrup-strap.

=porte-étrivière=, _n.m._, stirrup-bar.

*=porte-éventail=, _n.m._, (_—_) fan-carrier.

=portefaix=, _n.m._, porter, street-porter.

=porte-fer=, _n.m._, (_—_) horse-shoe case, iron-stand.

*=portefeuille=, _n.m._, portfolio; pocket-book; (pol.) office, portfolio, bill-case. _Tout son bien est en —_; all his property is invested in bills. _Cet auteur a plusieurs ouvrages en —_; that author has several works in manuscript, _or_ lying by. _Courir le —_; to go office-hunting. _En —_; (com.) (of bills) in hand.

=porte-flambeau=, _n.m._, (_—_ or _—-—x_) light-bearer; torch-bearer; linkman.

=porte-fleurs=, _n.m._, flower-stand.

=porte-fouet=, _n.m._, whip-socket; whip-holder.

=porte-fourchette=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) knife-rest.

=porte-fromage=, _n.m._, (_—_) cheese-tray _or_ stand.

=porte-fût=, _n.m._, cask-stand.

=porte-gargousse=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) cartridge-box.

=porte-giberne=, _n.m._, (mil.) pouch-belt.

=porte-hache=, _n.m._, (milit.) axe-case; axe-bearer.

=porte-haubans=, _n.m._, (_—_) (nav.) chain-wale.

=porte-huilier=, _n.m._, (_—_) cruet-stand.

=porte-lanterne=, _n.m._, lantern-fly; lamp-bracket (bicycles).

=porte-lettres=, _n.m._, (_—_) letter-case.

=porte-liqueurs=, _n.m._, (_—_) liquor-frame.

=porte-livre=, _n.m._, book-prop.

=porte-lof=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) (nav.) bumkin.

=porte-malheur=, _n.m._, (_—_) ill omen, bearer of ill-luck.

=porte-malle=, _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =porte-balle=.

=portemanteau=, _n.m._, portmanteau; coat-peg, coat-stand; coat-rail.

=porte-masse=, _n.m._, mace-bearer.

=porte-mèche=, _n.m._, (_—_) wick-holder; (surg.) tent-probe.

=portement=, _n.m._, (paint.) carrying, bearing. _— de croix_; carrying the cross.

=porte-mitre=, _n.m._, (_—_) miter-bearer.

=porte-monnaie=, _n.m._, (_—_) purse, flat-purse.

=porte-montre=, _n.m._, (_—_) watch-stand.

=porte-montres=, _n.m._, (_—_) show-case (for watches).

=porte-mors=, _n.m._, (_—_) heading-rein, check-piece.

=porte-mouchettes=, _n.m._, (_—_) snuffer-tray.

=porte-mousqueton=, _n.m._, (_—_) carbine-swivel, hook.

=porte-musc=, _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =musc= (mam.).

=porte-musique=, _n.m._, music-stand; canterbury.

=porte-objet=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) object-holder, slide.

=porte-page=, _n.m._, (_—_) (print.) page-paper.

=porte-parapluies=, _n.m._, (_—_) umbrella-stand.

=porte-parole=, _n.m._, mouthpiece, spokesman.

=porte-peigne=, _n.m._, comb-bag, comb-case.

=porte-pièce=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) shoemaker’s punch.

=porte-pierre=, _n.m._, (_—_) (surg.) caustic-case.

=porte-pipe=, _n.m._, (_—_) pipe-case.

=porte-plume=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) pen-holder.

=porte-plumes=, _n.m._, (_—_) pen-case.

=porte-queue=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) train-bearer. _Grand —_; (orni.) swallow-tail butterfly.

=porte-queues=, _n.m._, (billiards) cue-rack.

=porter= (-tèr), _n.m._, porter (beer).

=porter=, _v.a._, to carry, to bear; to bring; to support; to wear, to have on; to convey, to declare, to express, to measure; to bring forth, to yield, to produce; to declare, to manifest, to induce, to prompt, to impel, to urge, to prevail, to excite, to persuade, to contain, to import, to hit, to strike, to take effect, to tell. _— un fardeau_; to carry a burden. _L’un portant l’autre_; one with another, upon an average. _Vous en porterez le péché_; the sin will lie at your door. _Il ne porte jamais d’argent sur lui_; he never carries money about him. _— un habit_; to wear a coat. _— le deuil_; to be in mourning. _— perruque_; to wear a wig. _— ses cheveux_; to wear one’s own hair. _— une bague au doigt_; to wear a ring on one’s finger. _Il a porté la livrée_; he has worn a livery, he has been a servant. _Elle porte la culotte_; she wears the breeches _or_ the gray mare is the better horse. _— l’épée_; to wear a sword. _— les armes_; to carry arms, to shoulder arms. _— la tête haute_; to carry one’s head high. _— le bras en écharpe_; to carry one’s arm in a sling. _— aux nues_; to laud to the skies. _— son pied en dedans_; to walk with the feet turned in. _—_ (_le nez_) _au vent_; to toss (the head) in the air; (of a horse) its nose in the wind. _Le — haut_; to carry it with a high hand. _— la main à l’épée_; to lay one’s hand upon one’s sword. _— une botte_; (fenc.) to make a thrust. _Porter coup_; to strike home _or_ to tell. _— ses vues bien haut_; to have great aspirations. _Somme qui porte intérêt_; sum that yields _or_ bears interest. _Il en portera la peine_; he will suffer for it. _Vin qui porte bien l’eau_; wine that bears being watered. _Ils l’ont porté à la vengeance_; they have excited him to revenge. _Être porté à la vertu_; to be inclined to virtue. _L’ordre du roi ne porte pas cela_; the king’s order does not convey as much. _L’arrêt porte condamnation_; the sentence carries condemnation with it. _La déclaration porte que_; the declaration stipulates that. _— amitié à quelqu’un_; to bear any one friendship. _— respect_; to respect. _— envie_; to envy. _— bonheur_; to bring good luck. _— préjudice_; to be prejudicial to. _— témoignage_; to bear witness. _— son jugement sur quelque chose_; to pass judgment upon anything. _— une santé_; to propose a toast, to drink to the health of.

_se_ =porter=, _v.r._, to be, to do (of health); to tend, to incline; to be inclined, to be disposed; to be worn; to proceed; to repair; to move; to stand forth; to be prone, to resort, to flock (to); to turn, to be directed. _Comment vous portez-vous?_ how do you do? _Se — bien_; to be well, in good health. _Ne pas se — bien_; to be unwell. _— sur les lieux_; to repair to the place. _Cette pièce réussit, la foule s’y porte_; the piece has caught on, crowds go to see it. _Il se porte au bien_; he is well disposed. _Il s’est porté à cela lui-même_; he took to that of his own accord. _Se — fort pour quelqu’un_; to answer for any one, to stand security for any one. _Portez-vous bien!_ good health! take care of yourself.

=porter=, _v.n._, to bear, to rest, to lie; (artil., man.) to carry; (nav.) to stand, to bear off; (her.) to bear; to aim at; to hit, to take effect; to reach; to bear young, to be with young (of animals). _Le carrosse porte sur la flèche_; the coach bears upon the pole. _Un raisonnement qui porte à faux_; an inconclusive argument, a remark not to the point. _Tous les coups que l’on tire ne portent pas_; all shots fired do not carry home, _or_ hit the mark. _Ce vin porte à la tête_; that wine goes to the head. _Sa vue porte loin_; his eye reaches far. _— au nord-ouest_; to stand to the north-west. _Les voiles portent_; the sails are full. _— gueules_; (her.) to bear gules.

=porte-respect=, _n.m._, (_—_) weapon carried in self-defence; life-preserver; mark of dignity; person of an imposing exterior.

=porte-rideau=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) curtain-pole.

=porte-rôtie=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) toast-stand, toast-rack.

=porte-scie=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) (ent.) saw-fly. _Insectes —_; saw-flies.

=porte-serviettes=, _n.m._, towel-horse.

=porte-tapisserie=, _n.m._, (_—_) tapestry frame.

=porte-trait=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) trace-strap, trace-robin.

=porteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, porter, carrier, heaver; bearer; (com.) holder. _Le — d’une lettre_; the bearer of a letter. _Payable au —_; payable to bearer. _Cheval —_; near-side horse. _— de chaise_; chairman.

=porte-vent=, _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) wind-trunk (of organs).

=porte-verge=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) verger, beadle.

=porte-vergue=, _n.f._, (_—_) (nav.) iron-horse.

=porte-vis=, _n.m._, (_—_) screw-piece.

=porte-voix=, _n.m._, (_—_) speaking-trumpet.

=portier= (-tié), _n.m._, porter, door-keeper.

=portière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, curtain (before a door); carriage-door; portress.

=portière=, _adj.f._, of an age to bear (of cows).

=portion=, _n.f._, portion, part, share; allowance, pittance. _— de nourriture_; allowance of food. _Diminuer la — de quelqu’un_; to curtail any one’s allowance.

=portioncule=, _n.f._, (l.u.) a small portion.

=portique=, _n.m._, portico, doorway; porch.

=portor=, _n.m._, portor (black marble).

☉=portraire=, _v.a._, to portray, to depict, to paint.

=portrait=, _n.m._, portrait, likeness, picture, image, description. _Peintre de —s_; portrait painter. _— en grand_; full size portrait. _— à l’huile_; portrait in oils. _— en pied_; full length portrait. _— flatté_; flattering portrait. _— chargé_; caricature.

=portraitiste=, _n.m.f._, portrait-painter.

=portraiture=, _n.f._, ☉portraiture; portrait-painting. _Livre de —_; (paint.) drawing-book.

=portugais=, _n.m._, Portuguese (language).

=portugais=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Portuguese.

=portulan=, _n.m._, (nav.) a book (of sea-ports).

=posage=, _n.m._, laying; laying down; (of bells, etc.) putting up.

=pose=, _n.f._, laying, setting, laying down on; posture, attitude; show, sham, make-believe; hanging (of bells); stationing, posting (of sentries). _— de la première pierre_; laying of the foundation stone.

=posé=, =-e=, _part._, laid, set, poised, bearing, resting, leaning. _Cela —, il s’ensuit que_; this being granted, it follows that. _Un homme bien — dans le monde_; a man in a good position, a man of standing.

=posé=, =-e=, _adj._, sedate, staid, sober, grave.

=posément=, _adv._, sedately, staidly.

=poser=, _v.a._, to place, to set, to lay down; to suppose, to admit, to grant; to post up; to hang, to put up (bells); (mus.) to pitch; (arith.) to put down; to pose (at dominoes). _— le pied_; to set foot. _Posez votre paquet_; lay down your bundle. _— l’arme à terre_; to ground arms. _— les armes_; to lay down one’s arms. _— une figure_; to put a figure in the proper position. _— la première pierre d’un édifice_; to lay the first stone of an edifice. _— à sec_; to lay down dry. _— à cru_; to erect timber framework on the bare ground. _— à plat_; to lay down flat. _— une sonnette_; to hang a bell. _— des gardes_; to post guards. _— en fait_; to lay down as a fact. _— une question_; to put a question. _Posons que cela soit_; let us suppose it to be so. _Il pose bien sa voix_; he gives his voice the proper pitch.

_se_ =poser=, _v.r._, to place, perch, pitch, settle one’s self; to assume an attitude, to set up for; to pitch (of birds).

=poser=, _v.n._, to bear, to rest, to lean; to take a posture, to stand, to dance attendance, to wait, to sit for one’s portrait, to attitudinize.

=poseur=, _n.m._, one who lays down stones, etc.; setter, layer; (rail.) plate-layer. _— de sonnettes_; bell-hanger.

=poseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, one who gives himself airs; a prig, a snob.

=positi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, positive, certain, practical; certain, sure, matter-of-fact. _Ce fait est —_; it is a positive fact. _Un esprit —_; a practical mind. _C’est un homme —_; he is a matter-of-fact man. _Elle ne m’avait rien promis de —_; she had made me no positive _or_ definite promise. _C’est —!_ it’s a fact!

=positif=, _n.m._, positive reality, certainty, fact; (gram.) positive.

=position=, _n.f._, position, situation, status, standing; posture; stand, place; station of life, case, state; circumstances. _— embarrassante_; involved circumstances. _Fausse —_; (arith.) false position. _Dans une bonne —_; well off. _Dans une — peu élevée_; in a small, _or_ inferior, position. _Être en — de_; to be able to. _Quelle est sa —?_ how is he circumstanced?

=positivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, positively, exactly, expressly, explicitly.

=positivisme=, _n.m._, (philos.) positivism.

=positiviste=, _n.m._, (philos.) positivist, follower of positivism.

=pospolite=, _n.f._, pospolite (Polish nobility).

=possédé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person possessed, madman, maniac. _Un homme — du démon_; a man possessed of the devil. _Il se démène comme un —_; he lays about him like a madman.

=posséder=, _v.a._, to possess, to be possessed of, to be master of, to be conversant with, to enjoy, to own, to hold, to have, to be worth (of a person); to be acquainted with. _— un emploi_; to hold a situation. _Les vertus qu’il possède_; the virtues he is possessed of. _L’ambition le possède_; he is eaten up with ambition. _Le diable le possède_; the devil is in him. _Bien — une langue_; to be thorough master of a language. _Bien — son sujet_; to have a thorough command of one’s subject.

_se_ =posséder=, _v.r._, to command one’s temper, to command one’s self, to master one’s passions, to contain one’s self. _Ne point se —_; to be beside one’s self. _Il ne se possède pas de joie_; he is beside himself with joy.