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pyrénée: only used in monts Pyrénées m pl (“Pyrenean mounts”) and montagnes Pyrénées f (“Pyrenean mountains”); epithet of Venus
pyrénéen: Pyrenean
pyrénéite: pyreneite
pyréthrine: pyrethrin
pyréthrinoïde: pyrethroid
pyréthroïde: synonym of pyréthrinoïde
pythagoricien: Pythagorean
pythagorique: Pythagoric, Pythagorean
pythagorisme: Pythagorism
pythie: Pythia; prophetess
pythien: Pythian
python: python
pythonisse: a witch (etc) who makes predictions; pythoness
pyurie: pyuria
pyxide: pyxis; pyxidium
pyélique: pyelitic
pyélite: pyelitis
pyélocaliciel: pyelocaliceal
pyélon: pyelon
pyélonéphrite: pyelonephritis
pâle: pale (light in color); pale (lacking brightness); pale (dull)
pâlement: palely, pallidly
pâleur: pallor; paleness
pâlir: to pale; to fade (lose color); to fade (lose glory or power)
pâlisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of pâlir
pâlot: pale, peaky
pâmer: to swoon; to be in raptures (devant over something); to be overcome (de with)
pâmoison: swoon
pâque: alternative letter-case form of Pâque
pâquerette: daisy
pâquerette des murailles: synonym of vergerette de Karwinski (“Mexican fleabane”) (Erigeron karvinskianus)
pâquis: pasturage
pâte: paste (a soft moist mixture); pastry, dough, batter; pasta, noodles
pâte brisée: pâte brisée
pâte de verre: glass paste
pâte feuilletée: puff pastry (light, flaky pastry)
pâte à choux: choux pastry (light pastry)
pâte à dents: toothpaste
pâte à modeler: modeling clay
pâte à sel: salt dough
pâte à tartiner: spread (any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams)
pâtes: plural of pâte; pasta
pâteusement: doughily, mushily
pâteux: doughy, mushy
pâtiment: a state of suffering
pâtir: to suffer
pâtisser: to make pastry; to bake something
pâtisserie: cakeshop; pastry (food item); pastry (art of making pastries)
pâtisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of pâtir
pâtissier: pastry
pâtissier: pastrymaker, pastry chef; baker who specializes in cakes and other sweet baked goods rather than bread (compare boulanger)
pâtissoie: an eighteenth-century silken or woolen cloth from China.
pâtissoire: table used for pastrymaking
pâtisson: pattypan squash
pâton: a piece of dough to be kneaded in breadmaking
pâtre: shepherd, herdsman
pâturable: grazable
pâturage: pasture; meadow; pasturage (the right to let animals graze on pasture)
pâture: grazing food for livestock; pasture (field full of such food)
pâturer: to graze; to pasture