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priapique
adjective
priapic
priapisme
noun, masculine
priapism
prie-Dieu
noun, masculine
prie-dieu
prier
verb
to pray; to beg, to beseech, to pray to
prieur
noun, masculine
prayer (one who prays)
prieur
noun, masculine
prior
prieure
noun, feminine
prioress
prieuré
noun, masculine
priory (religious building)
primaire
adjective
primary; elementary
primat
noun, masculine
primate; primacy, supremacy
primate
noun, masculine
primate (mammal); a coarse man (male)
primatial
adjective
primatial
primature
noun, feminine
prime ministership
primauté
noun, feminine
primacy
prime
adjective
first
prime
noun, feminine
reward; prize; bonus; premium (insurance policy)
prime de bienvenue
noun, feminine
golden hello
prime de départ
noun, feminine
golden handshake
prime de risque
noun, feminine
danger pay, danger money, hazard pay (extra money paid to workers as compensation for dangerous work); risk premium (increase in the interest rate of a security based on financial risk)
prime jeunesse
noun, feminine
first flush of youth, early youth
prime time
noun, masculine
prime time; type of cigarillo
primer
verb
to dominate, to be dominant over; to win (a prize); to prevail, take precedent
primerose
noun, feminine
hollyhock
primesautier
adjective
impulsive
primeur
noun, feminine
newness; primeur; preview, foretaste
primeur
noun, masculine
greengrocer (person); greengrocer (shop)
primevère
noun, feminine
primrose
primidi
noun, masculine
the first day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar
primipare
adjective
primiparous
primipile
adjective
highest-ranking, chief, at the head of the first centuria of the first cohort
primipile
noun, masculine
highest-ranking centurion of the legion
primitif
adjective
primitive
primitif flamand
noun, masculine
Flemish Primitive (any of the Early Nederlandish painters active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance period)
primitive
noun, feminine
antiderivative
originally; primarily
primitivisme
noun, masculine
primitivism
primo
adverb
first (before anything else)
primo-arrivant
noun, masculine
newly arrived migrant, new arrival, newcomer (migrant who has recently come to a country)
primogéniture
noun, feminine
primogeniture
primordial
adjective
primordial, primitive, original; vital, essential, paramount, of paramount importance
primordially
primovaccination
noun, feminine
a primary vaccination (first in a series)
primulacée
noun, feminine
primulaceous plant
primuline
noun, feminine
primulin
prince
noun, masculine
prince
prince charmant
noun, masculine
Prince Charming
prince des ténèbres
noun, masculine
the Prince of Darkness, the devil, Satan
prince du sang
noun, masculine
a person legitimately descended in male line from a sovereign
princesse
noun, feminine
princess
princier
adjective
princely
principal
adjective
main, key, principal
principal
noun, masculine
someone or something which is important, key, paramount; that which matters most; principal (school administrator); principal (the money originally invested or loaned)
mainly, principally
principalité
noun, feminine
headmastership, headship
principat
noun, masculine
principate (the early period of the Roman Empire, during which some characteristics of the government of the Roman Republic were retained)
principauté
noun, feminine
principality (region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess); princedom
principe
noun, masculine
principle; beginning; start; commencement; source; origin; cause
principe de charité
noun, masculine
principle of charity (principle according to which an argument should be evaluated in light of its best, strongest possible interpretation)
law of excluded middle
princely