Part 120

=pervertir=, _v.a._, to pervert, to be pervertive of, to be a perverter of. _Se —_; to be perverted.

=pervertissable=, _adj._, pervertible.

=pervertissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, perversion, corruption.

=pervertisseur=, _n.m._, perverter, corrupter.

=pesade=, _n.f._, (man.) pesade.

=pesage=, _n.m._, weighing; weighing-room, saddling-room.

=pesamment= (pĕ-za-mān), _adv._, heavily, ponderously, weightily, lumpishly; slowly.

=pesant=, =-e=, _adj._, heavy, ponderous, weighty; unwieldy, lumpish; cumbersome; sluggish, slow; full weight. _Fardeau —_; heavy burden. _Cheval — à la main_; hard-mouthed horse. _Il a la main —e_; he has a heavy hand. _Il a l’esprit —_; he is dull-minded. _Joug —_; heavy yoke. _Un louis d’or —_; a louis d’or of the full weight.

=pesant=, _n.m._, weight. _Il vaut son — d’or_; he is worth his weight in gold.

=pesant=, _adv._, weight, in weight.

=pesanteur=, _n.f._, weight, heaviness, weightiness; sluggishness, dullness, slowness, unwieldiness; ponderosity, ponderousness; (phys.) force of gravity, gravity. _— de tête_; heaviness in the head. _— d’esprit_; dullness of mind.

=pesée=, _n.f._, weighing; all that is weighed at once. _Faire une —_; to weigh.

=pèse-acide=, _n.m._, acetometer.

=pèse-lait=, _n.m._, lactometer.

=pèse-lettres=, _n.m._, letter-weigher, letter-scales.

=pèse-liqueur=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—-—s_) hydrometer.

=peser=, _v.a._, to weigh; to ponder, to consider, to estimate. _— les raisons de quelqu’un_; to weigh any one’s arguments. _— ses paroles_; to weigh one’s words.

=peser=, _v.n._, to weigh, to be of weight, to be heavy; to hang upon; to bear upon; to lean, to lie heavy; to be a burden; to dwell upon. _Viande qui pèse sur l’estomac_; meat that lies heavy upon the stomach. _Cela me pèse sur le cœur_; that lies heavy upon my heart. _— sur un levier_; to bear upon a lever.

=pesette=, _n.f._, assay-scales.

=peseur=, _n.m._, weigher.

=peson=, _n.m._, steelyard.

=pessaire=, _n.m._, (med.) pessary.

=pesse=, _n.f._, (bot.) mare’s tail.

=pessimisme=, _n.m._, pessimism.

=pessimiste=, _n.m._, pessimist.

=peste=, _n.f._, plague, pestilence, pest, torment; bore, nuisance; stench. _La flatterie est la — des cours_; flattery is the plague of courts. _— soit du fou!_ plague on the fool! _— soit de!_ out upon!

=peste=, _adj._, sly, arch.

=peste!= _int._, plague on it! the deuce! by Jove! hang it! bless me! indeed!

=pester=, _v.n._, to inveigh against, to bluster, to storm, to rave. _Il peste contre ses juges_; he rails, (swears) at his judges. _— entre chair et cuir_; to fret and fume in secret.

=pestifère=, _adj._, (l.u.) pestiferous, pestilential.

=pestiféré=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, person infected with the plague; plague-stricken.

=pestilence=, _n.f._, pestilence.

=pestilent=, =-e=, _adj._, pestilential.

=pestilentiel=, =-le= (-ci-èl), _adj._, pestilential, infectious, contagious.

=pet=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) fart, wind. _Un — de nonne_; apple-fritter.

=pétale=, _n.m._, (bot.) petal, flower-leaf.

=pétalé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) petalous, petaled.

=pétalisme=, _n.m._, (antiq.) petalism.

=pétalite=, _n.f._, petalite.

=pétaloide=, _adj._, petaloid.

=pétarade=, _n.f._, (of animals) farting; trumpeting with the mouth; cracking; noise of crackers.

=pétard=, _n.m._, (milit.) petard; (fireworks) cracker.

=pétarder=, _v.a._, to blow up with a petard.

=pétardier=, _n.m._, one who makes petards.

=pétase=, _n.m._, (antiq.) petasus; broad-brimmed hat.

=pétaud=, _n.m._ _C’est la cour du roi —_; it is Bedlam broken loose; Dover court.

=pétaudière=, _n.f._, bear-garden, tumultuous assembly.

=pétéchial=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) petechial. _Fièvre —e_; petechial fever.

=pétéchies=, _n.f.pl._, (med.) petechiæ.

=pet-en-l’air=, _n.m._, (_—_) man’s short morning gown.

=péter=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to burst; to break, to snap; to crackle, to crack; to bounce; to fart, to break wind; (of fire-arms) to explode, to burst.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=pétoncle=, _n.m._, (conch.) scallop.

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

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

=pétrel=, _n.m._, (orni.) petrel.

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

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

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

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

=pétrifier=, _v.a._, to petrify.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

☉=petun=, _n.m._, tobacco, snuff.

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

=pétunia=, _n.m._, (bot.) petunia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=phalanstère=, _n.m._, phalanstery.

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

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

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

=phalène=, _n.f._, (ent.) moth.

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

=phallique=, _adj._, phallic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

=pharaonique=, _adj._, Pharaonic.

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

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

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

=pharisaïsme=, _n.m._, Pharisaism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

=pharmacopée=, _n.f._, pharmacopœia.

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

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

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

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

=phaséole=, _n.f._ _V._ =faséole=.

=phébé=, _n.f._, (poet.) the moon.

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

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

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

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

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

=phénol=, _n.m._, phenol.

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

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

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

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

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

=philanthropique=, _adj._, philanthropic.

=philharmonique=, _adj._, philharmonic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

=philologique=, _adj._, philological.

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

=philomathique=, _adj._, philomathic.

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

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

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

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

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

=philosophique=, _adj._, philosophical.

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

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

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

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

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

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

=phlébite=, _n.f._, (med.) phlebitic.

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

=phlébotomie=, _n.f._, phlebotomy.

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

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

=phlegmagogue=, _adj._, expectorant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=phonétique=, _adj._, phonetic.

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

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

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

=photographique=, _adj._, phonographical.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=phosphoreux=, _adj._, phosphorous.

=phosphorique=, _adj._, phosphoric.

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

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

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

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

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

=photographique=, _adj._, photographic.

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

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

=photométrie=, _n.f._, photometry.

=photométrique=, _adj._, photometric.

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

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

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

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

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

=phraséologie=, _n.f._, phraseology.

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

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

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

=phrénique=, _adj._, (anat.) phrenic.

=phrénologie=, _n.f._, phrenology.

=phrénologique=, _adj._, phrenologic.

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

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

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

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

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

=phylactère=, _n.m._, phylactery.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=physiognomonique=, _adj._, physiognomic.

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

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

=physiographique=, _adj._, physiographical.

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

=physiologique=, _adj._, physiological.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=piaculaire=, _adj._, expiatory.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=pianissimo=, _adv._, very softly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=picador=, _n.m._, (_—s_) picador.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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