Part 122

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

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

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

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

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

=pituitaire=, _adj._, pituitary.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=placable=, _adj._, placable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=plaidable=, _adj._, pleadable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=planchéieur=, _n.m._, floor-layer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=planétaire=, _adj._, planetary.

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

=planète=, _n.f._, planet, star.

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

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

=planisphère=, _n.m._, planisphere.

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

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

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

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

=plantard=, _n.m._ _V._ =plançon=.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=plaqué=, =-e=, _part._, plated.

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

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

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

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

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

=plasticité=, _n.f._, plasticity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=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.