tiny.
petit, -e, _adj. and s._ small, little, short, light, small person,
little one; -- a --, little by little.
petit-maitre, _m._ dandy.
petit-neveu, _m._ grand-nephew.
petrifier, _v._ to petrify.
petrole, _m._ petroleum.
peu, _adv. and m._ little, not very, a little, few; -- a --,
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 -- (a), to frighten.
peureux, -euse, _adj._ timorous, timid.
peut-etre, _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.
phenomene, _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.
piece, _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, "bldquo;bunk" (slang in last sense).
pieux, -euse, _adj._ pious.
pilastre, _m._ pilaster.
pile, _f._ pile, heap, reverse (of a coin); jouer a croix ou
--, to toss (a coin) for.
pilier, _m._ pillar, maintainer; steady customer, habitue.
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-Inferieure.
pis, _adv._ worse; le --, worst