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prétendument: allegedly (according to someone's allegation)
prétendûment: alternative spelling of prétendument
prétentaine: only used in courir la prétentaine
prétentieusement: pretentiously
prétentieux: pretentious
prétention: pretentiousness; pretension; claim; pretentious person; asking wage
préteur: praetor (elected magistrate)
prétexte: excuse, pretext (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
prétexter: to give as an excuse
préthomiste: pre-Thomist
prétibial: pretibial
prétoire: court
prétonique: pretonic
prétorial: pretorial
prétorien: Praetorian, praetorian
préture: praetorship
prétélescopique: pretelescopic
prétérition: preterition, omission
prévalence: prevalence
prévalent: prevalent
prévaloir: to prevail; to boast, to claim, to pride oneself on; to take advantage of
prévaricateur: prevaricator
prévarication: maladministration; prevarication
prévariquer: to fail in one's duty, to be derelict in one's duty
prévenance: thoughtfulness, consideration
prévenant: considerate
prévenir: to prevent, to avert, to guard against; to notify, to warn, to forewarn
prévente: presale
préventif: preventive
prévention: prevention
préventivement: preventively
préventorium: preventorium
prévenu: prejudiced (that has favorable or unfavorable feelings beforehand)
prévenu: accused, defendant, prisoner, suspect (the one who appears before a criminal court, after the suspected commission of one or more crimes)
préverbe: preverb (verbal prefix)
prévertébral: prevertebral
prévisibilité: predictability, previsibility
prévisible: foreseeable, predictable
prévision: forecast
prévisionnel: forecast
prévisionniste: forecaster
prévisualisation: preview
prévisualiser: to preview
prévoir: to anticipate, foresee, expect (reaction, event, etc.); to forecast (weather); to plan; to allow, make plans for, prepare, make provision for; to stipulate
prévoir le coup: to plan ahead, to make arrangements, to have it all covered
prévostien: Prévostian
prévoyance: foresight
prévoyant: farsighted, foresighted, provident, sagacious
prévu: planned, expected
prévôt: provost; provost marshal
prévôtal: provostal; provostorial
prévôtalement: provostally, provostorially
prévôté: provostship, provostry; provosty
préélectoral: preelectoral
prééminence: preeminence
prééminent: preeminent
préétabli: preestablished
préétablir: to preestablish
prêche: sermon
prêcher: to preach; to advocate moral values, political ideas; to lecture someone about what is good or bad