Part 116

=parfaire=, _v.a._, to perfect, to complete, to make up, to finish thoroughly.

=parfait=, =-e=, _adj._, perfect, finished; accomplished, complete, full. _Accord —_; (mus.) perfect chord. _Cela est fait et —_; that is completely finished.

=parfait=, _n.m._, perfection; (gram.) perfect. _Plusque-—_; pluperfect. _Au —_; (gram.) in the perfect.

=parfaitement= (-fèt-mān), _adv._, perfectly, completely, exactly, just so, to be sure; decidedly.

=parfilage=, _n.m._, unraveling, threading.

=parfiler=, _v.a._ and _n._, to unravel; to pick out the threads of; to thread.

=parfois=, _adv._, sometimes, occasionally, now and then.

=parfond=, _n.m._, ground-net; ground-tackle.

=parfondre=, _v.a._, to fuse (enamel).

_se_ =parfondre=, _v.r._, to be fused.

=parfournir=, _v.a._, to render complete, to make up.

=parfum= (-fun), _n.m._, perfume, odor, scent, fragrance, flavor; bouquet (of wines). _Le — des fleurs_; the fragrance of flowers.

=parfumé=, =-e=, _adj._, scented, savory, flavored.

=parfumer=, _v.a._, to perfume, to sweeten, to scent; to fumigate.

_se_ =parfumer=, _v.r._, to use perfumes, to scent one’s self.

=parfumerie= (-fu-mrî), _n.f._, perfumery.

=parfumeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, perfumer.

=parfumoir=, _n.m._, perfuming-pan; fumigator.

=parhélie= _or_ =parélie=, _n.m._, parhelion, mock-sun.

=pari=, _n.m._, bet, wager, stake. _Faire un —_; to lay a bet. _Tenir le —_; to take the bet.

=paria=, _n.m._, pariah, outcast.

=pariade=, _n.f._, pairing-time (of partridges).

=parier=, _v.a._, to bet, to lay a wager, to stake; to undertake to say, to be almost certain. _Il y a à —_; the odds are. _C’est à — dix contre un_; it is ten to one. _— pour quelqu’un_; to back any one. _J’en parierais ma tête_; I would bet anything, stake my head (upon it).

=pariétaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) parietary.

=pariétal=, _adj.m._, (anat.) parietal.

=pariétal=, _n.m._, (anat.) parietal-bone.

=parieur=, _n.m._, wagerer, bettor, betting-man.

=paris=, _n.m._, Paris (fig.). _Monsieur de —_; Jack Ketch. _Premier —_; leading article. _Prendre — pour Corbeil, le Pirée pour un homme_; not to know a hawk from a handsaw.

=parisette=, _n.f._, (bot.) paris, true-love.

=parisien=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Parisian.

=parisienne=, _n.f._, (print.) pearl; Parisienne (patriotic song).

☉=parisis= (-zîs), _adj._, of Paris (of coin).

=parisyllabique= (-sil-la-bik), _adj._, (gram.) parisyllabic.

=parité=, _n.f._, parity, likeness, equality; comparison, parallel case.

=parjure=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, perjurer; perjured, forsworn.

=parjure=, _n.m._, perjury, false oath.

_se_ =parjurer=, _v.r._, to perjure, _or_ to forswear, one’s self; to be forsworn.

=parlage=, _n.m._, empty talk, prattle, twaddle.

=parlant=, =-e=, _adj._, speaking; talkative, chatty; (her.) allusive, canting. _Ce portrait est —_; that is a speaking likeness. _Cet homme est peu —_; that man is not talkative, is very reticent.

=parlement=, _n.m._, parliament; court. _Contraire aux usages du —_; unparliamentary.

=parlementaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, bearer of a flag of truce; parliamentarian; parliamentary. _Un vaisseau —_; a cartel-ship.

=parlementer=, _v.n._, to parley, to come to a parley, to come to terms.

=parler=, _v.n._, to speak, to talk, to commune, to discourse, to converse, to talk about, to mention, to say, to tell. _Façon de —_; mode of speaking, manner of speech. _— à l’oreille_; to whisper. _— en public_; to speak in public. _— trop_; to speak too much. _Sans — de_; without mentioning, to say nothing of. _Il parle mal de vous_; he speaks ill of you. _Faire — de soi_; to get one’s self talked about. _— à un sourd_; to speak to a post. _Cela ne vaut pas la peine d’en —_; it is not worth mentioning. _Cela parle tout seul_; the thing speaks for itself. _Il en parle bien à son aise_; it is easy for him to say so. _Je lui apprendrai à —_; I will teach him to govern his tongue. _Il trouvera à qui —_; he will find his match. _— en l’air_; to talk at random. _— à cheval à quelqu’un_; to speak imperiously to any one, to dictate to any one. _— de la pluie et du beau temps_; to talk of indifferent matters. _— d’abondance_; to speak on the spur of the moment, extempore. _Il a bien fait — de lui_; he has got himself much talked about. _— en maître_; to speak peremptorily. _Trop gratter cuit_, _trop — nuit_; least said, soonest mended; speech is silvern, silence is golden. _Sans — de_; without mentioning, to say nothing of.

=parler=, _v.a._, to speak (a language). _— français_; to speak French. _Il parle bien sa langue_; he speaks his language well. _Parlez-moi de cela!_ now that’s something like! _Ne m’en parlez pas, par exemple!_ I can vouch for the truth of it! _Moi qui vous parle_; I, my very own self.

_se_ =parler=, _v.r._, to speak to each other; to be spoken (of languages). _Elles se parlent des yeux_; they speak to each other with their eyes.

=parler=, _n.m._, speech, utterance, way _or_ manner of speaking; language, accent. _Avoir son franc —_; to be outspoken; not to mince matters; to speak one’s mind. _Jamais beau — n’écorche la langue_; fair words are always the best; civility costs nothing.

=parlerie=, _n.f._, prating, chatter, talkativeness.

=parleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, speech-maker, talker. _Un beau —_; a good speaker.

=parli-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (l.u.) talkative.

=parloir=, _n.m._, parlor.

=parlote=, _n.f._, resort of gossips; gossiping club; debating-society.

=parloter=, _v.n._, to chatter, to talk twaddle; to gossip; to practice speaking.

=parmentière= (-tièr), _n.f._, (bot.) potato.

=parmesan=, _n.m._, Parmesan cheese.

=parmi=, _prep._, among, amongst, amid, amidst.

=parnasse=, _n.m._, Parnassus. _Le — français_; French poetry, the French poets.

=parnassien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Parnassian.

=parnassien=, _n.m._, (jest.) son of Parnassus, poet.

=parodie=, _n.f._, parody.

=parodier=, _v.a._, to parody.

=parodiste=, _n.m._, author of a parody.

=paroi=, _n.f._, wall, partition; side, casing, outer side; (anat.) coat, wall. _Les —s d’un vase_; the inner sides of a vase. _Les —s de l’estomac_; the coating, the wall of the stomach. _La — d’un rocher_; the outer side of a rock.

=paroisse=, _n.f._, parish, parish-church; parishioners. _Être de deux —s_; not to be fellows (of things).

=paroissial=, =-e=, _adj._, parochial, parish.

=paroissien= (-in), _n.m._, =-ne= (-è-n), _n.f._, parishioner.

=paroissien=, _n.m._, church-service; prayer-book. _C’est un pauvre —_; he is a poor sort of a fellow.

=parole=, _n.f._, word; speech, language; saying, sentiment; utterance, voice; eloquence; promise; trust; (milit.) parole. _Il traîne ses —s_; he drawls his words. _Il a perdu la —_; he has lost the use of his tongue. _Porter la —_; to speak, to be the spokesman. _Adresser la — à quelqu’un_; to address any one. _Prendre la —_; to begin to speak, to address the house, to be speaking; to have one’s turn to speak (in Parliament). _Avoir la —_; to be allowed to speak; to be upon one’s legs, to be in possession of the House; to catch the speaker’s eye (in Parliament). _Demander la —_; to request permission to speak; (parliamentary) to rise to order. _Céder la —_; to decline speaking, to give up one’s turn to speak. _Couper la — à quelqu’un_; to interrupt any one speaking. _—s mémorables_; notable sayings. _Il a la — lente_; his utterance is slow _or_ he is slow of utterance. _Il a la — tremblante_; his voice falters. _La puissance de la —_; the might of eloquence. _Engager sa —_; to promise, to pledge one’s word. _Tenir —_, _sa —_; to keep one’s word, to be as good as one’s word. _Donner sa —_; to give one’s word. _Dégager sa —_; to recall one’s word. _Se dédire de sa —_, _manquer de —_, or _manquer à sa —_; to go from, to break, one’s word. _Il est prisonnier sur —_; he is a prisoner on parole. _Il est homme de —_; he is a man of his word. _— d’honneur_; word of honor. _Ils ont eu des —s_; words passed between them. _Se prendre de —s_; to have words. _Un homme d’honneur n’a que sa —_; an honest man’s word is as good as his bond.

=paroli=, _n.m._, double stake (at faro, &c.). _Faire —_; to double. _Rendre le — à quelqu’un_; to outdo any one.

=paronomase=, _n.f._, paronomasia.

=paronomasie=, _n.f._, resemblance between words of different languages.

=paronychie=, _n.f._, (med.) paronychia, whitlow.

=paronyme=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) paronym; paronymous.

=paronyque=, _n.f._, (bot.) whitlowwort.

=parotide=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (anat.) parotid, parotid gland _or_ artery; (med.) parotitis, mumps; parotid.

=parotidien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (anat.) parotid.

=parotidite=, _n.f._, (med.) parotitis, mumps; (vet.) vives.

=paroxysme=, _n.m._, (med.) paroxysm, fit; (fig.) height, acme.

=parpaing= (-pin), _n.m._, (mas.) perpend-stone.

=parque=, _n.f._, (myth.) Fate, fatal sister. _pl._, Fates.

=parquer=, _v.a._, to fold, to pen, to pen up, to inclose; to surround; (artil.) to park. _— des bœufs_; to pen cattle. _— des moutons_; to fold sheep.

_se_ =parquer=, _v.r._, to be placed in an inclosure; (artil.) to be parked; to be pent up.

=parquer=, _v.n._, to be penned, to be penned up (of cattle); (artil.) to be parked.

=parquet=, _n.m._, bar (of a court of justice); office of the public prosecutor; body of magistrates; wood flooring (of rooms); back (of a looking-glass); (nav.) locker. _— à boulets_; (nav.) shot-locker.

=parquetage=, _n.m._, flooring; inlaid-flooring.

=parqueter=, _v.a._, to floor, to inlay.

=parqueterie= (-kè-tri), _n.f._, parquetry, inlaid flooring.

=parqueteur=, _n.m._, floor-layer.

=parrain=, _n.m._, godfather, sponsor; introducer; ☉second (in a duel).

=parricide=, _n.m._ and _adj._, parricide; matricide; parricidal; matricidal; murderous.

=parse= _or_ =parsi=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Parsee.

=parsemer=, _v.a._, to strew, to spread, to sprinkle; to intersperse, to stud, to dot, to spangle. _— un chemin de fleurs_; to strew a path with flowers. _Le ciel est parsemé d’étoiles_; the sky is studded with stars.

=part=, _n.f._, share, part, portion; concern, interest; part, side, concern. _Voilà votre —, voici la mienne_; there is your share, here is mine. _Être de — avec quelqu’un_; to go shares with any one. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to give any one his share. _Faire la — du feu_; to circumscribe the fire; (fig.) to allow for necessary losses. _Entrer en — avec quelqu’un_; to go shares with any one. _Mettre de —_; to give a share (in a business); to take in as partner. _Avoir — à quelque affaire_; to have a share in any business. _Avoir — au gâteau_; to share in the profits of anything, to have a finger in the pie. _Prendre — à_; to participate in, to be a party to. _Faire part de quelque chose à quelqu’un_; to give any one a share of anything; to apprise any one of anything. _Billets de faire —_; circular letters to announce a birth, a death, &c. _Faire la — des accidents_; to make allowance for accidents. _Prendre en bonne —_; to take in a good sense. _Prendre en mauvaise —_; to take amiss. _Je le sais de bonne —_; I have it from a good source; I know it on good authority. _Dites-lui de ma —_; tell him from me. _Saluez-le de ma —_; remember me to him. _Je prends cela de la — d’où il vient_; I take it from whence it comes. _Je vais quelque —_; I am going somewhere. _On ne le trouve nulle —_; he is not to be found anywhere. _Autre —_; somewhere else. _Nulle —_; nowhere. _En quelque — que_; wherever. _D’une — il considérait que_; on one side he considered that. _De — et d’autre_, _de toutes —s_; on either side, on all sides. _De — en —_; through and through. _À —_; apart, aside. _Mettre à —_; to set apart. _Il le tira à —_; he took him aside. _C’est un fait à —_; that is a particular case. _Raillerie à —_; in good earnest, joking aside.

=part= (part), _n.m._, (jur.) parturition, delivery; child, infant, birth.

=partage=, _n.m._, share, lot, portion; apportionment; partition; sharing, distribution, division. _— égal_; equal division. _Faire le — du butin_; to divide the spoils. _La prudence est le — des vieillards_; prudence is proper to old age. _Faire le — de_; to divide. _Être le — de_; to be the lot of. _Tomber_, or _échoir_, _en — à_; to fall to the lot of.

=partageable= (-jabl), _adj._, divisible into shares.

=partageant= (-jān), _n.m._, (jur.) sharer.

=partager=, _v.a._, to share; to give a share; to divide, to parcel, to portion, to distribute; to partake of, to participate in, to take part in. _Partagez cela entre vous_; divide that between you. _— le butin_; to share the spoils. _Les avis se trouvent partagés_; the votes are divided. _Il faut — le différend_; we must split the difference. _Je partage votre joie_; I participate in, _or_ share, _or_ am a sharer in, your joy.

_se_ =partager=, _v.r._, to divide, to be divided, to part; to divide one’s time _or_ affection, etc., between.

=partager=, _v.n._, to share, to receive a share. _Il est bien partagé_; the fates have been kind to him, _or_ his bread is well buttered.

=partance=, _n.f._, (nav.) sailing, departure. _Coup de —_; signal for sailing; sailing-gun. _En —_; on the point of sailing, _or_ about to sail.

=partant=, _adv._, consequently, hence; therefore, and therefore, thus.

=partenaire=, _n.m.f._, partner (at cards _or_ dancing).

=parterre=, _n.m._, flower-bed, garden-plot; (thea.) pit; audience, public. _Réjouir le —_; to please the audience. _Aller au —_; to go into the pit.

=parthe=, _n._ and _adj._, parthian.

=parthénogénèse=, _n.f._, (ent.) parthenogenesis.

=parthénon=, _n.m._, Parthenon.

=parti=, _n.m._, party, side, part, cause; resolution, choice, ways, means, expedient, course, method; offer, condition; use, advantage; calling, profession; (milit.) detachment; match (marriage). _Chef de —_; leader of a party. _Entrer dans un —_; to join a party. _Être du bon —_; to be on the right side. _Être du — de_; to be on the side of. _Prendre le — de quelqu’un_; to take any one’s part, to side with any one. _Homme de —_; party man. _Esprit de —_; party spirit. _Il a pris son —_; he has made up his mind. _J’ai pris le — de me taire_; I chose to be silent. _C’est un — pris_; it is a foregone conclusion, a fixed determination. _À — pris, point de conseil_; when a man’s mind is made up, advice is useless. _Voilà le — qu’il nous faut prendre_; this is what we must do _or_ the course we must take. _C’est le — le plus court_; that is the shortest way. _C’est un bon —_; it is a very good offer. _Faire un mauvais — a quelqu’un_; to do harm to any one. _Il cherche à tirer — de tout_; he endeavors to turn everything to account. _Il a épousé un bon —_; he has made a good match. _Tirer le meilleur — de quelque chose_; to make the best of anything. _En prendre son —_; to resign one’s self to anything (to the inevitable). _De — pris_; deliberately. _Tirer — de_; to make the best of; to turn to account. _C’est un — pris chez lui_; he will do it.

=partiaire= (-ci-èr), _adj._, (jur.) farmer who gives a portion of the produce of the land for rent.

=partial=, =-e= (-ci-al), _adj._, partial, biased.

=partialement= (-cial-mān), _adv._, partially, with partiality.

_se_ =partialiser= (-cia-li-), _v.r._, to be partial _or_ biased.

=partialité= (-cia-li-), _n.f._, partiality, bias.

_in_ =partibus=, _adv._, in partibus. _Un évêque in —_; a bishop in partibus.

=participant=, =-e=, _adj._, participating.

=participant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, participant, sharer.

=participation=, _n.f._, participation, privity, share; knowledge. _La — aux droits_; the participation of rights. _Cela s’est fait sans ma —_; that was done without my knowledge.

=participe=, _n.m._, (gram.) participle.

=participer=, _v.n._, to partake (of), to participate, to share, to have a share in, to be a party to. _Je participe à votre douleur_; I take part in _or_ share your sorrow. _Le mulet participe du cheval et de l’âne_; the mule partakes of both the horse and the ass.

=particulariser=, _v.a._, to particularize.

=particularisme=, _n.m._, (rel. pol.) particularism.

=particulariste=, _n.m._, (pol.) particularist.

=particularité=, _n.f._, particular, particularity; peculiarity, circumstance.

=particule=, _n.f._, particle.

=particuli-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, particular, peculiar, private; circumstantial, singular, appropriate, special; specific; express. _L’intérêt — doit céder à l’intérêt général_; private interest must give way to public interest. _On lui a donné une chambre —ère_; they gave him a private room. _Le cas est fort —_; the case is altogether singular. _Il a un talent —_; he has a peculiar talent.

=particulier=, _n.m._, particular individual, private individual, civilian; (pop.) fellow. _Ce n’est qu’un simple —_; he is only a private individual. _Que nous veut ce —?_ what does that fellow want with us? _En —_; in particular, in private. _Être en son —_; to be in one’s own room. _Il faut le voir en —_; you must see him privately. _En mon —_; as for me.

=particulièrement= (-lièr-mān), _adv._, particularly, peculiarly, especially.

=partie= (-tî), _n.f._, part, match, game; project, plan, scheme; line of business; client, adversary; (com.) parcel; ☉(bookkeeping) entry; (play) game; party; contracting party. _pl._, pudenda. _Air à quatre —s_; tune in four parts. _Tenir bien sa —_; to act one’s part well. _Vous en êtes en — cause_; you are partly the cause of it. _Faire une — de piquet_; to play a game at piquet. _— nulle_; drawn game. _— liée_; rubber, (racing) heats. _— d’honneur_; conqueror. _— de plaisir_; pleasure trip. _— publique_; public prosecutor, crown. _C’est — remise_; the pleasure is only deferred. _Un coup de —_; masterly stroke, decisive blow. _La — n’est pas égale_; it is not an equal match. _Quitter la —_; to give up, to throw up the game. _Voulez-vous être de la —?_ will you be one of us? _Lier une —_; to make up _or_ fix up a party (for amusement). _— carrée_; pleasure party consisting of two gentlemen and two ladies. _— fine_; select party _or_ few friends. _— intéressée_; party concerned. _Avoir affaire à forte —_; to have to deal with more than one’s match. _Qui n’entend qu’une — n’entend rien_; he who hears one side only, hears nothing. _— double_; (bookkeeping) double entry. _— simple_; (bookkeeping) single entry. _En —_; partly, in part. _En grand —_; in a great measure. _— bien, — mal_; partly well, partly ill. _Prendre à —_; to take to task. _Se porter — contre_; (jur.) to appear against.

=partiel=, =-le= (-ci-èl), _adj._, partial.

=partiellement= (-cièl-mān), _adv._, partially, by instalments; in part.

=partir= (partant, parti), _v.n._, to set out, to start, to go, to go away, to depart; to be off, to spring (of birds); to come, to proceed; to flow from; to go off (of firearms). _— du port_; to sail from the harbor. _Faire —_; to send off, to dispatch (troops). _Il part comme l’éclair_; he is off like lightning. _Faire — un lièvre_; to start a hare. _— d’un éclat de rire_; to burst into a fit of laughter. _— comme un trait_; to dart off like an arrow. _La bombe part du mortier_; the bomb is shot from the mortar. _Cela part d’un bon cœur_; that flows from a good heart. _À — de_; from, beginning from, reckoning from. _A — du règne de_; from the reign of. _À — d’aujourd’hui_; from this day forward; from to-day.

=partir=, _v.a._, to part, to divide. [Only used in: _Ils ont toujours maille à —_; they are always squabbling.] _Avoir maille à — avec_; to have a bone to pick with.

=partir=, _n.m._, (man.) start; going, leaving.

=partisan=, _n.m._, partisan.

=partiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) partitive.

=partition=, _n.f._, partition, division; (mus.) score.

=partner=, _n.m.f._, (_—s_). _V._ =partenaire=.

=partout=, _adv._, everywhere, all over, on all sides. _— où_; wherever.

=parturition=, _n.f._, (med.) parturition.

=paru=, =-e=, _adj._, appeared, published, out.

=parure=, _n.f._, attire, dress, finery, ornament. _— de diamants_; set of diamonds. _Meubles de même —_; furniture that matches.

=parvenir=, _v.n._, to attain, to arrive, to come, to get (at), to reach, to succeed, to rise, to get on, to make one’s way; to reach the ears of. _— à ses fins_; to attain one’s ends. _Faire —_; to forward, to send to any one.

=parvenu=, =-e=, _part._, arrived, reached.

=parvenu=, _n.m._, parvenu, upstart.

=parvis=, _n.m._, parvis, open space (in front of a church); outer sanctuary, cathedral court; (poet.) inclosure, hall, temple.

=pas=, _n.m._, step, pace; footstep, stride, walk, gait; progress, precedence; pains, trouble, labor; threshold, passage; passage (of arms). _Marcher d’un — léger_; to walk with a light step. _Il le suit — à —_; he follows him step by step. _À petits —_; slowly; with short steps. _Il n’y a qu’un —_; it is but a step from here. _Il marche à grands —_; he takes long strides. _Marcher à — comptés_; to walk very slowly. _Faire un — en arrière_; to draw back a little. _Aller_, _marcher_, _à — de loup_; to go softly, stealthily, without noise. _Retourner sur ses —_; to go back, to retrace one’s steps. _Aller à — mesurés_; to proceed with circumspection. _Au —_; walking, at a walking pace; in time. _Faire un faux —_; to make a false step. _— de clerc_; blunder. _Avoir le —_; to have precedence (of). _De ce —_; directly, at once. _Mettre un cheval au —_; to walk a horse, to rein in a horse (to a foot pace). _Mettre au —_; to discipline; to bring any one into line; to recall any one to his duty, to put any one on his good behavior. _— accéléré_; (milit.) quick time, quick march. _— redoublé_; (milit.) double quick time. _Marcher sur les — de quelqu’un_; to tread in any one’s footsteps. _Se tirer d’un mauvais —_; to get out of a scrape. _Sauter le —_; to take a resolution; (fam.) to kick the bucket. _— d’une vis_; furrow of a screw. _— de fusée_; (horl.) turn of a fusee. _Aller au —_; to walk (of a horse). _Y aller de ce —_; to go (anywhere) directly, at once. _Ce n’est que le premier — qui coûte_; in everything the beginning is the difficulty.

=pas=, _adv._, no; not, not any. _— un_; not one. _Je ne veux —_; I will not. _— du tout_; not at all. _Presque —_; scarcely any. _Je n’ai — de livre_; I have no book.

=pascal=, =-e=, _adj._, paschal.

=pas-d’âne=, _n.m._, (_—_) sharp bridle-bit; basket-hilt (of a sword); (bot.) colt’s-foot.

=pasigraphie=, _n.f._, pasigraphy.

=pasquin=, _n.m._, pasquin.

=pasquinade=, _n.f._, pasquinade, lampoon.

☉=pasquiniser=, _v.a._, to lampoon, to satirize.

=passable=, _adj._, passable, tolerable, middling, decent.

=passablement=, _adv._, passably, tolerably, indifferently, middlingly.

=passade=, _n.f._, passing, short stay; (fig.) passing fancy, temporary connection; (man.) passade, ducking. _Je ne suis que de — à Paris_; I am only making a short stay in Paris.

=passage=, _n.m._, passage; arcade; thoroughfare, crossing; transition, transit; passage-money; toll; lane, court; gateway, archway. _Oiseaux de —_; birds of passage. _— à niveau_ (railways); level crossing. _Otez-vous du —_; stand out of the way. _Se faire —_ or _s’ouvrir un —_; to make, to cut, one’s way through. _Attendre_, or _guetter_, _au —_; to lie in wait for, to waylay, to wait for any one on his way. _Barrer le —_; to bar, to stand in the way. _Céder le — à_; to let pass first. _Livrer — à_; to make way for.

=passager=, _v.a._ and _n._, (man.) to passage. _— un cheval_; to passage a horse.

=passag-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, passing, transient, transitory, fugitive, fleeting, short-lived, momentary; migratory.

=passag-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, passenger; person passing through; traveler; passer-by.

=passagèrement= (-jèr-mān), _adv._, transiently, for a moment.

=passant=, _n.m._, passenger, passer-by; wayfarer, traveler.

=passant=, =-e=, _adj._, open, much frequented; (of colors) fading. _Un chemin —_; a much frequented thoroughfare. _Une rue —e_; a much frequented street. _En —_; going along; on the way; (fig.) by the way. _Disons le en —_; let us say so by the way.