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paréidolie
noun, feminine
pareidolia
paréidolien
adjective
pareidolic
parémiologie
noun, feminine
paremiology
parénèse
noun, feminine
parenesis
parénétique
adjective
parenetic, parenetical
paréo
noun, masculine
pareo
parésie
noun, feminine
paresis (partial paralysis)
pas
noun, masculine
step, pace, footstep; strait, pass; thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
pas
adverb
The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.; used as an intensifier in underlying rhetorical questions, mostly with voilà
pas chassé
noun, masculine
gliding sidestep, chassé
pas d'armes
noun, masculine
passage of arms; joust; tilt; tourney
pas de
preposition
without
pas de chat
noun, masculine
a defect or flaw in a piece of cloth, a spot where warp ends are missing
synonym of pas de sexe sans latex
no news is good news
no news is good news
pas de problème
interjection
no problem!
pas de quoi
interjection
you're welcome (after being thanked)
no glove, no love
pas de souci
interjection
no problem!
pas de travers
noun, masculine
stumble, misstep, false step; faux pas, blunder
pas de ça
interjection
none of that; stop that!
not at all, not in the least, by no means
pas du tout
interjection
not at all!
not yet
pas japonais
noun, masculine
stepping stone (stone used to cross something)
not in the least, not in the slightest, not at all, by no means
pas mal
adverb
not badly (reasonably well)
pas mal
adjective
not bad (reasonably good)
pas mal
pronoun
quite a bit, quite a few (a decent amount)
not bad to look at, quite good-looking
not ... at all, not ... in the least
not ... at all, not ... in the least
pas que
conjunction
not that
pas question
interjection
no way (indicates rejection)
pas si vite
interjection
not so fast! hold your horses!
pas touche
interjection
hands off! paws off! mitts off!
about time!
each is as bad as the other, they/you are all uniformly bad, they/you are all a worthless, incorrigible bunch
if one is not caught in the act of doing something wrong, one cannot be accused of anything
step by step (gradually)
pas-de-porte
noun, masculine
key money, lease premium
pascal
adjective
paschal
pascal
noun, masculine
pascal
pascalien
adjective
Pascalian
pasdaran
noun, masculine
pasdaran
pashmina
noun, masculine
pashmina
pashtoûn
adjective
Académie française standard spelling of pachtoune (“Pashtun (of or relating to Pashtuns)”).
pashtô
noun, masculine
Académie française standard spelling of pachto (“the Pashto language”).
pasionaria
noun, feminine
a female political activist, usually in a left-wing organization
paso doble
noun, masculine
paso doble (dance)
pasquin
noun, masculine
pasquin
passable
adjective
passable; tolerable; fair
passably or reasonably well
passacaille
noun, feminine
passacaglia
passage
noun, masculine
the act of going through a place or event; the time when such an act occurs; Circulation, traffic, movement; Moment when a star or planet occults another, or crosses a meridian; a short stay
passage clouté
noun, masculine
pedestrian crossing delimited by two parallel lines of slightly rounded nailheads or rivet heads; pedestrian crossing
passage de témoin
noun, masculine
passing of the baton; handover, transition
passage en force
noun, masculine
an instance of forcing one's way through
passage obligé
noun, masculine
a prerequisite, a must