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péroniste
noun, masculine/feminine
Peronist
péroniste
adjective
Peronist
péronnelle
noun, feminine
silly talkative woman, gossip
péroné
noun, masculine
fibula, calf bone
péroraison
noun, feminine
peroration (conclusion of a discourse)
to hold forth, perorate
pérovskite
noun, feminine
perovskite
péroxydase
noun, feminine
peroxidase
péruginesque
adjective
Peruginesque
péruvien
adjective
Peruvian
pérylène
noun, masculine
perylene
pérégrin
adjective
foreign
pérégrination
noun, feminine
peregrination, travel
péréquation
noun, feminine
balancing out
pétaflop
noun, masculine
petaflop
pétage
noun, masculine
the act of farting; the act of breaking
pétage de plombs
noun, masculine
Descent into madness, the act or process of going crazy; Loss of control (of one's faculties)
pétainisme
noun, masculine
Pétainism
pétainiste
adjective
Pétainist
pétainiste
noun, masculine/feminine
Pétainist
pétakatal
noun, masculine
petakatal
pétale
noun, masculine
petal
pétalisme
noun, masculine
petalism
pétalite
noun, feminine
petalite
pétaloïde
adjective
petaloid
pétanque
noun, feminine
pétanque
pétanqueur
noun, masculine
a pétanque player
pétant
adjective
sharp, on the dot
pétaoctet
noun, masculine
petabyte (1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes); petabyte (10¹⁵ bytes)
pétaradant
adjective
spluttering, sputtering
pétarade
noun, feminine
backfire
to backfire
pétard
noun, masculine
firecracker (firework); sensational news; scandal; joint (marijuana cigarette); revolver; buttocks; ass
pétard
interjection
An interjection of surprise.
pétard mouillé
noun, masculine
damp squib (firework that fails to go off, due to wetting); damp squib
pétase
noun, masculine
petasus
pétasite
noun, masculine
butterbur
pétasse
noun, feminine
prostitute, whore; bitch, cunt (objectionable woman)
pétaudière
noun, feminine
bedlam, bear garden (scene of tumult and disorder)
péter
verb
to blow off, fart; to break; to explode
to break down or burst due to freezing (as a water pipe, pump, etc.); to break down, especially due to stress or overuse; to fail, to come to nothing; to die, especially suddenly and due to exhaustion or stress; to collapse due to exhaustion or stress; have a nervous breakdown
to be rolling in money, to be rolling in it, to live in luxury (to be very wealthy)
to be roasting, to be boiling
to be on fire
to be in great shape, to be in great form, to be fighting fit
to punch someone's face
to be in great health, to be bursting with health, to be in vibrant health
to be in great shape, to be in great form, to be fighting fit
to piss off, to annoy a lot
to go crazy, to blow a fuse
to think one's shit doesn't stink; to be full of oneself
to think one's shit doesn't stink; to think the sun shines out of one's arse; to think one is the shit; to think one is the business; to think one is hot shit (to be full of oneself)
to relax, to calm down, to chill
synonym of péter les plombs; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see péter, un, câble.
alternative form of péter les plombs (“to blow a fuse”); Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see péter, un, plomb.
to lose it, to blow a fuse; to lose one's temper
synonym of péter les plombs
péteur
noun, masculine
farter, one who breaks wind
péteux
adjective
timid, cowardly; pretentious, stuck-up
pétillant
adjective
fizzy