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to bring help to, to come to (someone's) aid, to come to (someone's) rescue, to help
to bear fruit, to pay off
to cause confusion, to lead to confusion, to be confusing, to be misleading, to give rise to misinterpretation
to suggest (to someone) that; to lead someone to believe that, to make someone think that
to jut out, to be out of the perpendicular; to overhang
to bring to the boil
porteur
adjective
carrying (in the process or carrying); booming, flourishing, high-growth
porteur
noun, masculine
carrier (one who carries); porter (person who carries luggage and related objects); bringer; bearer; wearer (one who wears)
porteur de contraintes
noun, masculine
A legal officer responsible for delivering a court order concerning debts, such as seizure of property or arrest, against a delinquent taxpayer; in particular, one who has violated the gabelle.
meaningful
porteuse
noun, feminine
female equivalent of porteur; carrier wave
portfolio
noun, masculine
portfolio
portier
noun, masculine
gatekeeper, doorkeeper, doorman; goalkeeper
portillon
noun, masculine
gate
portion
noun, feminine
portion
portion congrue
noun, feminine
part of the tithe (dîme) paid by the higher clergy (haut clergé) to the members of the lower clergy (bas clergé) for their sustenance; allowances of the lower clergy; tithe, trifling amount (the smallest share, the meanest share, the bare minimum - and possibly even less than that: barely enough)
portique
noun, masculine
portico; gantry; a type of crane; frame (of a swing, jungle gym etc.); metal detector (at airport etc.)
portière
noun, feminine
female equivalent of portier; car door
portlandien
adjective
Portlandian
porto
noun, masculine
port wine
porto flip
noun, masculine
Porto flip
porto-flip
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of porto flip
portoricain
adjective
Puerto Rican
portos
noun, masculine/feminine
Portuguese
portrait
noun, masculine
portrait; portrait (format); description (of a person or things)
portrait craché
noun, masculine
spitting image, dead ringer
portrait-robot
noun, masculine
identikit, composite sketch, police sketch, facial composite (sketch of a criminal based on eyewitness account)
portraitiste
noun, masculine/feminine
portraitist (portrait painter or photographer)
portraiture
noun, feminine
portrait
to paint a portrait; to portray
portuaire
adjective
port
portugais
noun, masculine
Portuguese, the Portuguese language
portugais
adjective
Portuguese
portugais brésilien
noun, masculine
Brazilian Portuguese
portugais du Brésil
noun, masculine
Brazilian Portuguese
portugais du Portugal
noun, masculine
European Portuguese
porté
adjective
fond of, fixated on something
reported missing, listed missing, missing in action
portée
noun, feminine
reach, range, scope; range (of a weapon); litter (animals born in one birth); stave; scope
portésien
adjective
of, from or relating to the village of Portes, Gard department, Occitania, France; of, from or relating to the town of Portet-sur-Garonne, Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France; of, from or relating to the village of Portets, Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
posadisme
noun, masculine
Posadism
posadiste
noun, masculine/feminine
Posadist
posadiste
adjective
Posadist
pose
noun, feminine
installation, the act of laying, putting down (e.g. a building element); pose (posture, way of presenting oneself)
pose
noun, masculine
extension
posemètre
noun, masculine
exposure meter
poser
verb
to stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody); to ask or pose (a question); to land (a plane); to lay, place; to install, fit
to cover one's feet (to lower one's garment in order to defecate)
to lay the first stone, to lay the foundation stone
to pose a problem to, to bother
to show that one's got balls, to assert oneself
to settle down
to stand (someone) up; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poser, un, lapin.
to stump, to ask (someone) a toughie (to ask someone a question they are unable to answer)
to take a dump, to drop a deuce
poseur
adjective
pompous, affected
poseur
noun, masculine
poseur
posidonie
noun, feminine
seagrass (of genus Posidonia)
posidonien
adjective
Posidonian (of or relating to Posidonius)