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printanier
adjective
springlike, vernal
vernally (in a springlike manner)
printemps
noun, masculine
spring (season)
priodonte
noun, masculine
giant armadillo
prion
noun, masculine
prion
priorat
noun, masculine
priorate
to prioritize
prioritaire
adjective
having priority (having precedence)
primarily; essentially, importantly
priorité
noun, feminine
priority; right of way
priorité à droite
noun, feminine
right-hand right of way (a traffic rule that applies in chiefly France and Belgium and obliges a vehicle driver to yield right of way for other vehicles oncoming from the right-hand side, mainly at a junction without priority signs and traffic signals)
pris
adjective
taken; occupied
prise
noun, feminine
socket, wall socket (also prise électrique); hold; hold (of a climbing wall); grip; a strike
prise d'air
noun, masculine
air vent, air inlet; air intake; snorkel (hollow tube used for breathing underwater)
prise d'otage
noun, feminine
hostage taking, hostage-taking situation, taking of hostages
prise d'otages
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of prise d'otage
prise de bec
noun, feminine
set-to, tiff, spat, argument
prise de conscience
noun, feminine
realization (act of figuring out or becoming aware of something)
prise de contact
noun, feminine
initial contact, first approach, first exchange
prise de corps
noun, feminine
committal (act of committing someone to confinement; order for someone's imprisonment); apprehension, arrest (act of seizing someone, of arresting them)
prise de courant
noun, feminine
outlet (wall-mounted socket)
prise de notes
noun, feminine
notetaking
prise de parole
noun, feminine
speech; the act of starting to speak; the act of manifesting
prise de position
noun, feminine
stance, stand, statement
prise de risque
noun, feminine
risk-taking (practice or tendency of doing things that are risky or have uncertain outcomes)
prise de sang
noun, feminine
blood test (act of taking a blood sample in order to have it analysed)
prise de terre
noun, feminine
ground wire; earth
fussy, tiresome
prise de tête
noun, feminine
headache, hassle; argument
prise de vue
noun, feminine
filming, shooting; shot
prise en charge
noun, feminine
management (of something), care (for something); pick-up (by a taxi); pick-up fare, minimum fare; payment (of some costs); care, nursing, treatment (of a patient)
priser
verb
to price (fix a price according to market forces); to prize (consider something valuable)
priser
verb
to snuff, take snuff (to inhale a drug or other substance through the nose)
priseur
noun, masculine
auctioneer
prismatique
adjective
prismatic
prisme
noun, masculine
prism
prison
noun, feminine
prison
prison dorée
noun, feminine
gilded cage
prison militaire
noun, feminine
military prison (prison operated by the military)
prison ouverte
noun, feminine
open prison
prison pour dettes
noun, feminine
debtors' prison
prisonnier
noun, masculine
prisoner
prisonnier d'opinion
noun, masculine
prisoner of conscience
prisonnier de guerre
noun, masculine
prisoner of war, POW
prisonnier politique
noun, masculine
political prisoner
pristanique
adjective
pristanic
pristin
adjective
pristine
prisé
adjective
priced
privat-docent
noun, masculine
privat-docent
private joke
noun, masculine/feminine
a private joke, an in-joke: a piece of humour understood only by a group of people
privatif
adjective
privative (all senses)
privation
noun, feminine
deprivation; shortage, deficiency; defect
privatisation
noun, feminine
privatisation / privatization
to privatize
privatively
privauté
noun, feminine
extreme familiarity; liberties
priver
verb
to deprive
privilège
noun, masculine
privilege
to privilege, to favour
privilégié
noun, masculine
person who is privileged