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pourchasser: to chase without relent; pursue
pourfendeur: attacker, opponent
pourfendre: to slice through, slay (with a sword); to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly)
pourga: blizzard in Russia
pourlécher: to lick all around; to lick one's lips (in satisfaction)
pourparlers: parley, talks (conference to arrive at a certain agreement)
pourpier: common purslane
pourpoint: doublet
pourpre: burgundy (purple color); rich, purple fabric; purpure; purple color as used in heraldry; power, authority
pourpre: burgundy in color
pourquoi: why
pourquoi du comment: (with the definite article le) the whys and wherefores
pourquoi non: why not? (negative question); why not? (lacking objection)
pourquoi pas: why not? (negative question); why not? (lacking objection)
pourquoi que: why
pourri: rotten; decayed; bad, rotten; off; decomposed, putrefied (body); spoilt (child); bad; lame
pourri: swine, bastard; bent copper, dirty cop
pourri gâté: spoiled rotten
pourri gâté: a spoiled brat
pourriciel: malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
pourriel: spam, junk mail
pourrielleur: spammer
pourrir: to rot, decompose, putrefy, crumble; to waste away from a disease such as gangrene
pourrissant: rotting, decaying
pourrissement: deterioration; decay
pourrisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of pourrir
pourriture: rot; rottenness, something rotten; rotter, swine; cow, bitch
pourriture noble: noble rot
poursuite: pursuit; chase; pursuit; prosecution
poursuite individuelle: individual pursuit
poursuite par équipes: team pursuit
poursuivant: pursuing, chasing, prosecuting
poursuivant: pursuer; prosecutor
poursuivre: to pursue, to chase; to pursue, to persecute, to torment; to carry on, to continue what has been started; to sue; to continue
poursuivre en justice: to sue
poursuivre sur une lancée: synonym of continuer sur une lancée (“keep going on a path”)
pourtant: however, yet
pourtour: perimeter, circumference; surrounding area; ambulatory
pourvoi: appeal
pourvoir: to equip, provide, endow someone; to fill (a seat, job vacancy); to provide; to provide oneself; to appeal
pourvoirie: outfitter
pourvoyeur: purveyor, supplier, source
pourvu que: let's hope (that); provided (that), as long as
pousse: clipping of pousse-pousse (“rickshaw”); growth (act of growing [of plants etc.]); sprout, shoot
pousse-au-crime: that which drives to crime; person who is a bad influence; plonk (poor-quality wine)
pousse-au-vice: that which drives to crime; person who is a bad influence
pousse-café: chasse-café, pousse-café (small glass of alcohol after coffee)
pousse-mine: mechanical pencil
pousse-pousse: rickshaw
pousser: to push; to urge on, encourage; to grow; to spring up, to sprout; to utter (a cry)
pousser comme des champignons: to crop up all over the place, to sprout up everywhere, to spring up like mushrooms
pousser dans ses derniers retranchements: to drive someone into a corner, to corner someone
pousser des cris d'orfraie: to scream bloody murder, react with horror, squeal
pousser la chansonnette: to start singing; to start talking, to start confessing, to spill the beans, to spit it out
pousser le bouchon: to go too far, to cross the line
pousser le vice: to go too far, to exaggerate, to overdo it
pousser les hauts cris: to complain loudly, to protest vocally, to cry foul
pousser mémé dans les orties: to push things too far, to overdo it, to exaggerate
pousser à bout: to push someone to the limit, to push someone to breaking point, to push someone over the edge, to drive someone crazy, to drive someone mad
poussette: pushchair (UK), stroller (US); pushpin