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pehlvi: Pahlavi
peignage: combing (of wool or other fibre)
peigne: comb (toothed implement)
peigne-cul: asshole, jerk
peigner: to comb
peigneur: comber
peigneuse: comber
peignoir: cape (long light clothing used to protect the clothes in e.g. a barber's shop); bathrobe, dressing gown; nightdress
peignoir de bain: bathrobe
peignure: a haircut; hairs that fall from the head when brushing; combings; leftover hemp from the making of rope; the action of unraveling rope; unwound rope
peilles: rags used to make paper
peinard: tranquil, carefree, cushy
peinardement: tranquilly
peindre: to paint
peine: punishment; psychological pain, sorrow; effort, trouble
peine capitale: capital punishment (punishment by death)
peine de cœur: heartache; brokenheartedness; lovesickness; love disappointment; unreciprocated love feelings; unrequited love; unhappy love story
peine de mort: capital punishment, death penalty
peine de prison: prison sentence
peine perdue: lost cause
peine-à-jouir: person who has trouble reaching orgasm, person suffering from anorgasmia; wet blanket, killjoy
peiner: to struggle, toil; to have trouble (doing something), to struggle to (do something) (with à + infinitive); to cause pain to, afflict
peintre: painter (artist)
peinture: painting; painting, canvas; description, depiction; paint
peinture rupestre: cave painting (a painting made on rock)
peinture à l'huile: oil painting (art of painting with oil paints); oil painting (painting done with oil paints)
peinturer: to paint (e.g. a wall or fence); to paint like a child, in a way lacking grace and dexterity
peintureur: painter; housepainter
peinturlurer: to daub
pejvakine: pejvakin
pelade: alopecia
pelage: fur
pelant: exasperating, annoying, irritating, aggravating
peler: to peel
pelisse: pelisse
pellagre: pellagra
pellagreux: pellagrous
pelle: shovel, spade; dustpan; fluke (anchor blade); French kiss
pelle à tarte: cake slice, cake server
peller: to shovel (to move materials with a shovel)
pellet: pellet; pellet (small, compressed, hard chunk of matter, often wood pellets)
pelleter: to shovel (up)
pelleter par en avant: to kick the can down the road
pelleterie: peltry; fur tannery
pelleteuse: excavator, digger (a large piece of machinery that digs up holes)
pelletier: furrier
pelletiser: to pelletize
pelletiseur: pelletizer
pelletiérine: pelletierine
pelletée: spadeful, shovelful
pelliculaire: dandruff (etc.)
pellicule: film, skin, thin layer; dandruff
pellicules: dandruff
pellucide: pellucid
pellée: shovelful, spadeful
pelo: guy, fellow, bloke, chap, dude, boyfriend
pelotage: petting
pelotari: pelota player
pelote: ball (e.g. of string, wire); pelota (sport); droppings (animal waste); ball (in the game of jeu de paume); pussy (female genitalia)
pelote basque: Basque pelota