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9,747 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Presbourg
proper noun
Pressburg (former name of Bratislava: the capital city of Slovakia)
Presly
proper noun
a village and commune of Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Priam
proper noun
Priam
Priape
proper noun
Priapus (son of Aphrodite and Dionysus)
Priest
proper noun
a male given name from Franco-Provençal, of historical usage
Prigogine
proper noun
Prigozhin: a surname from Russian, variant of Prigojine, equivalent of the French surname Beauregard.; ellipsis of 11964 Prigogine: an asteroid in Main Belt, Solar System
Prigojine
proper noun
Prigozhin: a surname from Russian
Primeau
proper noun
a surname
Primeaux
proper noun
a surname
Primel
proper noun
a male given name from Breton
Prince
proper noun
a surname
Prince-Édouardien
noun, masculine
Prince Edward Islander
Princeville
proper noun
a city in L'Érable, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada; a town in Kauai, Hawaii, United States
Printemps arabe
proper noun
Arab Spring
Priscille
proper noun
Priscilla
Prisu
noun, masculine
clipping of Prisunic
Prisunic
noun, masculine
a defunct French chain of downtown supermarkets
Proche-Orient
proper noun
Near East (the geographic region of Western Asia located southeast of Eastern Europe, comprising Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Arabia)
Procuste
proper noun
Procrustes
Produnova
proper noun
a female surname from Russian
Produnova
noun, masculine
Produnova (Produnova vault)
Prométhée
proper noun
Prometheus
Prophète
proper noun
The Prophet
Propontide
proper noun
Sea of Marmara
Prost
proper noun
a surname, Prost
Protée
proper noun
Proteus (moon of Neptune); Proteus
Protérozoïque
noun, masculine
Proterozoic
Proudhon
proper noun
a surname
Proulx
proper noun
Proulx: a surname
Proupiary
proper noun
Proupiary (a town in Haute-Garonne department, France)
Provence
proper noun
Provence (a maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (an administrative region of France)
Provencher
proper noun
Provencher: a surname
Provençal
noun, masculine
Provençal (native or inhabitant of Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) (usually male)
Proverbes
proper noun
Proverbs
Provinces-Unies
proper noun
United Provinces (a former state in Western Europe, the predecessor of the Netherlands)
Prud'homme
proper noun
a surname, Prudhomme, originating as an occupation
Prudhomme
proper noun
a surname, Prudhomme, originating as an occupation
Prunelli
proper noun
Prunelli (a river in Corsica, France)
Prusse
proper noun
Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe); Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a federal state of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947, mostly in areas now part of Germany, Poland and Russia)
Prussie
proper noun
Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe); Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a federal state of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947, mostly in areas now part of Germany, Poland and Russia)
Prussien
noun, masculine
Prussian person
Préalpes
proper noun
Prealps (Alpine foothills)
Préneste
proper noun
Praeneste (one of the most ancient and important cities of Latium, famous for its sanctuary, now Palestrina)
Prénestin
noun, masculine
Praenestine (person)
Prétoria
proper noun
Pretoria (the capital city of South Africa)
Prévert
proper noun
a surname
Prévost
proper noun
a surname
Prévost
proper noun
Old Prévost: synonym of Vieux-Prévost; a district, a former municipality of Prévost, Rivière-du-Nord county, Quebec, Canada; across the river from Shawbridge in Prévost; Prévost: a municipality of the county of Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada; composed of Old Prévost and Shawbridge
Prévot
proper noun
a surname
Psaumes
proper noun
Psalms
Psyché
proper noun
Psyche
Ptolémaïs
proper noun
Ptolemais
Ptolémée
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Ptolemy
Ptolémée
noun, masculine
Ptolemy (member of the Ptolemaic dynasty)
Pula
proper noun
Pula (the largest city in Istria County, Croatia)
Pulvar
proper noun
a French surname
Punjel
proper noun
alternative spelling of Bunjil
Purcell
proper noun
Purcell
Puteaux
proper noun
a commune in the western suburbs of Paris