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PP
proper noun
initialism of Préfecture de police
PPA
noun, feminine
initialism of parité de pouvoir d'achat = PPP (purchasing power parity)
PPC
proper noun
PPC (“People's Party of Canada”): initialism of Parti populaire du Canada
PPCM
noun, masculine
initialism of plus petit commun multiple: lcm
PPDA
proper noun
initialism of Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
PPR
proper noun
initialism of Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, a luxury conglomerate rebranded as Kering.
PQ
noun, masculine
initialism of papier cul loo roll (UK), bog roll (UK, Aust.), TP (toilet paper) (US)
PQ
proper noun
initialism of Parti Québécois; initialism of province de Québec
PQN
noun, feminine
daily national press (of France)
PRFC
noun, masculine
initialism of polymère renforcé de fibres de carbone; CFRP
PRM
noun, masculine
initialism of point de raccordement mutualisé
PS
proper noun
initialism of Parti Socialiste, a socialist political party active in France, Belgium and Switzerland
PSA
proper noun
PSA: initialism of Peugeot S.A.
PSC
proper noun
abbreviation of Pointe-Saint-Charles
PSG
proper noun
PSG: initialism of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, a French football club from Paris
PTP
proper noun
initialism of Partenariat transpacifique (“Trans-Pacific Partnership”): TPP
PV
noun, masculine
abbreviation of procès-verbal; abbreviation of point de vie (“health”)
Pabine
proper noun
a French surname from Occitan
Pabon
proper noun
a French surname from Occitan
Pachebat
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Pacheu
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Pachtoune
noun, masculine/feminine
Pashtun (person)
Pachyptile
proper noun
pachyptiles, of genus Pachyptila
Pachère
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Pachéra
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Pacifique
proper noun
Pacific
Pacioretty
proper noun
a surname, Pacioretty
Pactole
proper noun
the Pactolus
Padanie
proper noun
Padania (a region in northern Italy, centered on the valley of the river Po)
Pade
proper noun
Padus; synonym of Pô
Padoue
proper noun
Padua (a province of Veneto, Italy); Padua (the capital city of the province of Padua, Veneto, Italy)
Pagani
proper noun
a surname, Pagani, from Italian
Pagenaud
proper noun
a surname
Pagnol
proper noun
Pagnol
Pagès
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Pagèze
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Pagé
proper noun
a surname
Paigt
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Pailhac
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Pailhé
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Paillanave
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Paillassa
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Paillasse
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Paillous
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Paki
noun, masculine
Paki (offensive term for a Pakistani)
Pakistan
proper noun
Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Pakistanais
noun, masculine
Pakistani, Paki (resident or native of Pakistan)
Palanque
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Palanqui
proper noun
A toponym in Saint-Maurin, Lot-et-Garonne
Palaos
proper noun
Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)
Palas
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Palatin
proper noun
Palatine Hill (one of the seven hills in Rome)
Palay
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Palengat
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Palerme
proper noun
Palermo (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the region of Sicily, Italy); Palermo (a metropolitan city in Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Palermo)
Palermitain
noun, masculine
Palermitan (native or inhabitant of the city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy) (usually male)
Palestin
noun, masculine
Philistine
Palestine
proper noun
Palestine (a region of Western Asia in the Middle East); Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Palestine
noun, feminine
double pica (large size of type standardized as 24 points)
Palestine mandataire
proper noun
Mandatory Palestine (a former British League of Nations mandate territory in Southwest Asia that existed from 1920 to 1948; modern-day Israel and Palestine)