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pass, happen, take place;
elle s'est fait -- ici
, she got herself taken to this place;
un frisson
me passa dans le dos
, a shiver ran along my back;
passant, -e
,
adj. and s.
passing,

passer-by;
passé, -e
,
adj. and m.
past.

passerelle
,
f.
foot-bridge.

passion
,
f.
passion, love.

passionner
,
v.
to impassion;
passionné, -e
,
adj.
passionate.

pastèque
,
f.
watermelon.

pasteur
,
m.
pastor.

pâtée
,
f.
paste, mess (for dogs, etc.), porridge.

paterne
,
adj.
grandmotherly, over-kindly.

paternel, -le
,
adj.
paternal, father's.

paternellement
,
adv.
paternally.

paternité
,
f.
paternity.

pâteux, -euse
,
adj.
pasty, sticky, clammy.

patience
,
f.
patience (in this and in the next word
ti
is pronounced as
ci
).

patient, -e
,
adj.
patient, long-suffering, constant.

pâtir
,
v.
to suffer.

patrie
,
f.
native land.

patriote
,
adj. and s.
patriotic, patriot.

patron
,
m.
patron, master, employer.

patte
,
f.
paw, foot, claw;
à quatre pattes
, on all fours.

pâturage
, m. pasturage, pasture;
couleur de --
, grass-green.

Paul 1er
, Paul I (Russian Emperor; reigned: 1796-1801).

Pauline
, Paulina.

Paumelle
, proper name;
cf.
paumelle
, long-eared barley, hand-leather (for protecting the

hand in sewing).

paupière
,
f.
eyelid.

pause
,
f.
pause.

pauvre
,
adj. and s.
poor, pitiful, late, poor person, beggar;

pauvres nous
, alas for us.

pauvresse
,
f.
poor woman, beggar.

pauvreté
,
f.
poverty.

pavé
,
m.
pavement.

paver
,
v.
to pave.

pavillon
,
m.
pavilion, flag, canopy.

payement
,
m.
payment.

payer
,
v.
to pay, pay for.

pays
,
m.
country (pronounced:
Pèyi
; the same pronunciation occurs in the next two words).

paysage
,
m.
landscape, scenery.

paysan, -ne
,
m., f. and adj.
peasant.

peau
,
f.
skin.

pécaire
,
interj.
what a pity; (compassionate interjection used in Provence).

pêche
,
f.
peach.

pêche
,
f.
fishing, catch, fishing trip;
aller à la --
, to go fishing.

péché
,
m.
sin.

pêcher
,
v.
to fish, fish for.

pécheur, pécheresse
,
m., f.
sinner.

pêcheur, -euse
,
m., f. and adj.
fisherman, fisherwoman, fishing.

peindre
,
v.
to paint, picture.

peine
,
f.
suffering, grief, pain, difficulty, trouble, labor, hard work, anxiety, torment;
à --
,

scarcely;
c'est à -- si
, scarcely.

peiner
,
v.
to trouble, pain.

peinture
,
f.
painting, paint.

pelisse
,
f.
pelisse, fur coat.

pelle
,
f.
shovel.

peloton
,
m.
ball of worsted, platoon, group;
-- de travail
, shift.

penchant
,
m.
slope, propensity.

pencher
,
v.
to bend, lean, bow;
se --
, bend, lean, lean over;
penché, -e
, bent, bowed, leaning.

pendant
,
prep.
during, for (time);
-- que
,
conj.
while.

pendre
,
v.
to hang.

pendule
,
f.
clock, mantel-clock.

pénétration
,
f.
penetration.

pénétrer
,
v.
to penetrate, fathom, pervade, enter, go in, invade.

pénible
,
adj.
difficult, laborious, painful, distressing.

pénitence
,
f.
penitence; penance.

pensée
,
f.
thought, thinking.

penser
,
v.
to think, think out;
pensez
, think, you may imagine.

penseur
,
m.
thinker.

pensif, -ive
,
adj.
thoughtful.

pension
,
f.
pension, board, boarding-house, boarding-school.

pensionnaire
,
m., f.
boarder, boarding-school boy or girl.

pente
,
f.
slope.

perce
,
f.
borer, drill;
mettre en --
, to tap.

percepteur
,
m.
tax-collector.

percer
,
v.
to pierce, penetrate, be manifest.

perche
,
f.
pole.

percher
,
v.
to perch.

perclus, -e
,
adj.
crippled, paralyzed.

perdre
,
v.
to lose, ruin, undo;
se --
, lose oneself, get lost, be lost.

perdrix
,
f.
partridge (
x
not pronounced).

père
,
m.
father, old man or "Uncle" (title).

perfection
,
f.
perfection.

perfide
,
adj.
perfidious.

perfidie
,
f.
perfidy, treachery.

péri
,
f.
peri (Oriental fairy).

péril
,
m.
peril (
l
pronounçed).

périlleux, -euse
,
adj.
perilous, dangerous.

périr
,
v.
to perish, be lost, die.

perle
,
f.
pearl, bead.

perlé, -e
,
adj.
pearly, beaded, clear and silvery (voice).

permettre
,
v.
to permit, allow.

Pérotte
, dialectic for Pierrette.

perron
,
m.
perron, elevated stone landing, stoop.

perruque
,
f.
wig.

perruquier
,
m.
wig-maker, hair-dresser, barber.

Perse
,
f.
Persia;
tapis de --
, Persian rug.

persécuteur
,
m.
persecutor.

persistance
,
f.
persistence.

personnage
,
m.
personage, person, person of importance.

personne
,
f.
person;
m.
anyone, no one;
ne ... --
, no one.

perspective
,
f.
perspective.

persuader
,
v.
to persuade;
en --
, convince of it.

perte
,
f.
loss, ruin;
à -- de vue
, as far as the eye can reach.

peser
,
v.
to weigh, lest, bang (over);
pesant, -e
,
adj.
heavy.

pétale
,
m.
petal.

pétiller
,
v.
to crackle, sparkle.

petiot, -e
,
adj.
tiny.

petit, -e
,
adj. and s.
small, little, short, light, small person, little one;
-- à --
, little by little.

petit-maitre
,
m.
dandy.

petit-neveu
,
m.
grand-nephew.

pétrifier
,
v.
to petrify.

pétrole
,
m.
petroleum.

peu
,
adv. and m.
little, not very, a little, few;
-- à --
, little by little;
un --
, a little, somewhat;
tant
soit --
, somewhat;
-- de chose
, not much, little, of small importance, trifling.

peuple
,
m.
people, common people, crowd; adjectively: common.

peupler
,
v.
to people, populate.

peur
,
f.
fear;
faire -- (à)
, to frighten.

peureux, -euse
,
adj.
timorous, timid.

peut-être
,
adv.
perhaps;
-- que
, perhaps.

phalange
,
f.
phalanx.

Phalsbourg
, Pfalzburg (former French town in Lorraine, ceded to Germany in 1871).

pharaon
,
m.
faro (card-game, in which the players bet on the order in which the dealer or

banker will deal the cards);
faire une banque de --
, to be the banker in a game of faro.

pharmacien
,
m.
apothecary, druggist.

phénomène
,
m.
phenomenon.

philosophe
,
m.
philosopher.

philosophique
,
adj.
philosophical.

phosphorescent, -e
,
adj.
phosphorescent.

phrase
,
f.
phrase.

physionomie
,
f.
physiognomy, face.

piailler
,
v.
to bawl, squeal, screech.

Pie Vll
, Pius VII, Pope: 1800-1823;
Pie VIII
, Pope: 1829-1830;

Pie IX
, Pope: 1846-1878;
Pie X
, Pope: 1903-1914.

pièce
,
f.
piece, room, play.

pied
,
m.
foot;
arme au --
, weapon resting on the ground.

Pierre
, Peter;
saint --
, Saint Peter.

pierre
,
f.
stone.

Pierrette
, feminine diminutive of Pierre.

Pierron
, survival of the Old French oblique case of Pierre.

pieu
,
m.
stake, "bunk" (slang in last sense).

pieux, -euse
,
adj.
pious.

pilastre
,
m.
pilaster.

pile
,
f.
pile, heap, reverse (of a coin);
jouer à croix ou --
, to toss (a coin) for.

pilier
,
m.
pillar, maintainer; steady customer, habitué.

piller
,
v.
to plunder.

pilori
,
m.
pillory.

Pimenti
, proper name (
cf.
Italian
pimento
, cayenne pepper).

pince
,
f.
pinch, pincers, claw.

pinceau
,
m.
brush (painter's).

Pinchon (Robert)
, intimate friend of de Maupassant; many of the anecdotes relating to

de Maupassant are due to his published souvenirs; he was also a librarian in Rouen.

pioche
,
f.
pickax, mattock.

pipe
,
f.
pipe.

piquer
,
v.
to prick, stick, bite, peck;
piquant, -e
, prickly, sharp, biting, stinging, keen.

pire
,
adj.
worse;
le --
; worst.

Piriac
, village and port in the department of Loire-Inférieure.

pis
,
adv.
worse;
le --
, worst;
tant --
, so much the worse.

pissenlit
,
m.
dandelion.

pistil
,
m.
pistil (
l
pronounced).

pistolet
,
m.
pistol.

piteux, -euse
,
adj.
pitiful, woeful.

pitié
,
f.
pity.

pitoyable
,
adj.
pitiful.

pivert
,
m.
green woodpecker.

pivoine
,
f.
peony.

place
,
f.
place, square, position, stronghold, room;
sur --
, on the spot;
-- forte
, stronghold;

faire -- à
, to make way for;
-- d'Armes
, parade-ground.

placer
,
v.
to place.

placide
,
adj.
placid.

plafond
,
m.
ceiling.

plage
,
f.
shore, beach.

plaie
,
f.
wound, gare.

plaindre
,
v.
to pity;
se -- de
; complain of, lament.

plaine
,
f.
plain.

plainte
,
f.
complaint, wail.

plaire
,
v.
to please; plût à Dieu, would to God;
se --
, be pleased;
s'il vous plaît
, if you please;

plaisant, -e
,
adj. and s.
pleasing, pleasant, joker;
mauvais plaisant
, sorry or practical joker,

joker.

plaisanter
,
v.
to joke, jest.

plaisanterie
,
f.
joke.

plaisir
,
m.
pleasure.

plan
,
m.
plan, plane.

planche
,
f.
plank, board, skinny woman (slang in last sense).

plancher
,
m.
floor.

planer
,
v.
to goal.

plante
,
f.
plant.

planter
,
v.
to plant, place, fix;
-- là
, plant there, give the slip to, leave in the lurch.

plaque
,
f.
tablet, metal badge.

plat
,
m.
dish.

plat, -e
,
adj.
flat.

platane
,
m.
plane-tree.

plateau
,
m.
platter.

plate-bande
,
f.
border (of a flower-bed, etc.).

plate-forme
,
f.
platform.

plâtras
,
m.
old plaster, rubbish.

plâtre
,
m.
plaster.

plébéien, -ne
,
adj. and s.
plebeian.

plein, -e
,
adj.
full, open (air, field, door, etc.);
en --
, in the middle or midst of, completely, all;
en
pleine figure
, right in the face;
en -- décembre
, in the middle of December;
à pleins
cheveux
, right by the hair;
à pleine bouche
, with mouth wide open, lapping up without using

the hands.

pleinement
,
adv.
fully.

pleurer
,
v.
to weep, weep for;
-- à chaudes larmes
, to shed hot tears.

pli
,
m.
fold, bend, plait, depression, hollow, elevation.

pliable
,
adj.
pliable, flexible.

pliant
,
m.
folding-chair, camp-stool.

plier
,
v.
to fold, bend.

plisser
,
v.
to plait, crease, wrinkle.

plomb
,
m.
lead (
b
not pronounced).

plombé, -e
,
adj.
leaden, livid.

plongeon
,
m.
plunge, dive, dipping, dip.

plonger
,
v.
to plunge, dive, throw or stick in.

pluie
,
f.
rain.

plume
,
f.
feather, pen;
-- à l'oreille
, pen over the ear.

plus
,
adv.
more, in addition, some more, plus, no more;
le --
, most;
-- ... --
, the more...the

more;
ne ... --
, no longer, never more;
non --
, either;
de --
, in addition, more;
de -- en --
,

more and more;
de -- ou de moins
, more or less (when ="some more" or "plus" or when

emphatic,
s
is pronounced).

plusieurs
,
adj., pl.
several.

plutôt
,
adv.
rather, sooner.

poche
,
f.
pocket.

poêle
,
m.
stove;
f.
frying-pan (
oê
in this and in the next word is pronounced as
oi
in
poil
).

poêlée
,
f.
panful.

poème
,
m.
poem.

poésie
,
f.
poetry, poesy, poem.

poète
,
m.
poet; adjectively: poetic.

poétiquement
,
adv.
poetically.

poids
,
m.
weight.

poignée
,
f.
handful, hilt.

poignet
,
m.
wrist.

poil
,
m.
hair (usually of the body or of an animal).

poilu, -e
,
adj.
hairy.

poindre
,
v.
to sting, dawn, rise, appear.

poing
,
m.
fist.

point
,
m.
point place;
en tout --
, in every respect;
troubler au dernier --
, to disturb in the

highest degree.

point
,
adv.
not at all;
ne ... --
, not at all.

pointe
,
f.
point, tip;
sur la -- du pied
, on tiptoe;
casque à --
, pointed helmet.

pointer
,
v.
to point, aim.

pointu, -e
,
adj.
pointed.

poirier
,
m.
pear-tree.

poisson
,
m.
fish.

Poissy
, town on the Seine near Versailles, contains a prison (see context).

poitrine
,
f.
breast, chest.

poivre
,
m.
pepper.

poix
,
f.
pitch;
Doigt-de-Poix
, Light-fingered.

poli, -e
,
adj.
polite, polished.

police
,
f.
police.

poliment
,
adv.
politely.

polisson, -ne
,
adj. and s.
mischievous, naughty, broad (of a joke), scamp.

politique
,
adj. and s.
political;
m.
politician;
f.
politics.

polonais, -e
,
adj. and s.
Polish, Pole (written
Polonais
when
s.
).

Polyte
, abbreviation of Hippolyte.

poméranien, -ne
,
adj.
Pomeranian (of the Prussian province of Pomerania).

pomme
,
f.
apple;
-- de terre
, potato.

pommeau
,
m.
pummel.

pommier
,
m.
apple-tree.

pompe
,
f.
pomp, splendor.

pompe
,
f.
pump.

pomper
,
v.
to pump.

pompon
,
m.
topknot, tuft.

poney
,
m.
pony.

pont
,
m.
bridge, deck.

ponte
,
m.
punter (any player but the banker at faro).

ponter
,
v.
to punt (bet against the banker at faro, roulette, etc.).

ponton
,
m.
pontoon;
-- d'embarquement
, floating dock.

populaire
,
adj.
popular.

population,
f.
population.

porc
,
m.
pig, pork (
c
is now usually pronounced in this word).

porcelaine
,
f.
porcelain.

poreux, -euse
,
adj.
porous.

port
,
m.
port, wharf.

portail
,
m.
portal, large door, front of a church.

porte
,
f.
door, gate, doorway, door-sill;
assis (debout) sur la --
, seated (standing) on the

door-step.

porte-amarre
,
m.
apparatus for throwing a cable;
fusil --
, rocket-gun, life-rocket.

porte-cigarres
,
m.
cigar-case.

portée
,
f.
reach, range, shot.

portefeuille
,
m.
portfolio, pocket-book.

porter
,
v.
to carry, bear, wear, support, contain (information);
se --
, be (of the health);
qui ne
s'en portera pas plus mal
, which will not be any the worse for it;
l'un portant l'autre
, on an

average.

porteur
,
m.
bearer, porter.

portière
,
f.
door-curtain, carriage-door.

portion
,
f.
portion, piece.

portrait
,
m.
portrait.

pose
,
f.
pose.

poser
,
v.
to place, put, set down, ask (a question);
se --
, be placed, place oneself, alight;
posé sur
,

sitting on (of a bird).

position
,
f.
position.

posséder
,
v.
to possess, own, have.

possesseur
,
m.
possessor, owner.

possession
,
f.
possession.

possible
,
adj.
possible;
au --
, most possible.

poste
,
f.
post, post-office, mail, mail-coach;
chaise de --
, post-chaise;
m.
military post, post,

position.

poster
,
v.
to post;
se --
, to be posted or established.

postillon
,
m.
postilion.

posture
,
f.
posture.

pot
,
m.
pot.

potage
,
m.
thick soup.

potence
,
f.
gaUows, gibbet.

pouce
,
m.
thumb, inch.

Pouchkine
, Pushkin (Alexander), Russian lyric poet, dramatist and novelist, born in Moscow

(1799-1837).

poudre
,
f.
powder, dust;
en --
, powdered.

poudrer
,
v.
to powder, sprinkle (powder, dust, money, etc.) on.

poudreux, -euse
,
adj.
dusty.

poudroyer
,
v.
to be dusty.

pouiller
,
v.
to get the lice out of, clean, get into.

poulailler
,
m.
chicken-house.

poule
,
f.
hen, fowl, chicken;
chair de --
, goose-flesh.

poulet
,
m.
chicken.

poulie
,
f.
pulley.

poupée
,
f.
doll.

pour
,
prep.
for, to, in order to, in regard to;
-- que
,
conj.
that, in order that, for; substantively:

le -- et le contre
, the pros and cons;
-- deux sous
, two cents' worth.

pourboire
,
m.
tip.

pourpre
,
adj. and m.
purple (varying from violet to crimson).

pourquoi
,
conj. and adv.
why, why?

pourrir
,
v.
to rot.

pourriture
,
f.
rot, decay, putrefaction.

poursuite
,
f.
pursuit.

poursuivre
,
v.
to pursue, follow up, continue, keep.

pourtant
,
adv. and conj.
however, nevertheless.

pourvu que
,
conj.
provided that.

pousser
,
v.
to push, thrust, send forth, exhale, push to or in or open, utter, urge on, heave,

shoot (a bolt), give.

poussière
,
f.
dust.

poussif, -ive
,
adj.
short-winded, puffing.

poussin
,
m.
young chicken.

pouvoir
,
v.
to be able, can, may, be able to do;
se --
, be possible;
n'en -- plus
, be tired out,

be utterly exhausted;
m.
power.

pratique
,
adj. and f.
practice, practical.

pratiquer
,
v.
to practice, frequent, put up, make.

précaution
,
f.
precaution.

précédent, -e
,
adj.
preceding.

précéder
,
v.
to precede.

précieux, -euse
,
adj.
precious.

précipitamment
,
adv.
precipitately, hurriedly.

précipitation
,
f.
precipitation, hurry.

précipiter
,
v.
to precipitate, throw;
se --
, rush forth, rush forward, rush, throw oneself;

précipité, -e
, precipitate, hurried, hasty.

précis, -e
,
adj. and m.
precise, summary.

précisément
,
adv.
precisely, exactly.

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