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pense-bête
noun, masculine
reminder; post-it note
penser
verb
to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something; to think, imagine, believe; to be of the opinion that, believe; to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts; to conceive a project
to think with one's little head, to think with one's cock, to think with one's dick
to think ill of, to think badly of, to hold a bad opinion of
to mean harm, to mean to hurt someone
penseur
noun, masculine
thinker
pensif
adjective
pensive, thoughtful
pension
noun, feminine
a pension, regularly received payment; a pension, boarding house; a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools); board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)
pension alimentaire
noun, feminine
maintenance allowance, child support; alimony, divorce settlement
pension complète
noun, feminine
full board, American plan
pensionnaire
noun, masculine/feminine
boarder; lodger; pensioner; boarder (someone in a boarding school)
pensionnat
noun, masculine
boarding school; residential school
to pension
pensionné
noun, masculine/feminine
pensioner
pensively, thoughtfully
pensum
noun, masculine
pensum (at school); lines (UK); chore
pensée
noun, feminine
a thought (first attested 1176 in Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès, ed. A. Micha, 5246); reflection, meditation, faculty of thinking (late 12th century); worry, concern (late 12th century); the mind as the seat of thinking (c. 1200); amorous attachment (c. 1200)
pensée latérale
noun, feminine
lateral thinking
pensée magique
noun, feminine
magical thinking (the attribution of causal or synchronistic relationships between thoughts and actions and events which seemingly cannot be justified by reason and observation)
pensée positive
noun, feminine
positive thinking (focusing on thoughts of success, as a strategy for achievement); positive thought
pensée unique
noun, feminine
mainstream ideological conformism
pentachlorure
noun, masculine
pentachloride
pentacle
noun, masculine
pentacle
pentacorde
noun, masculine
pentachord (instrument)
pentacène
noun, masculine
pentacene
pentadactyle
adjective
pentadactyl
pentadécagone
noun, masculine
pentadecagon
pentadécane
noun, masculine
pentadecane
pentadecanoic
pentadecylic
pentafluorure
noun, masculine
pentafluoride
pentagonal
adjective
pentagonal
pentagone
noun, masculine
pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles)
pentagramme
noun, masculine
pentagram
pentahydraté
adjective
pentahydrated
pentamère
noun, masculine
pentamer
pentamètre
noun, masculine
pentameter
to pentamerize
pentaméthylène
noun, masculine
pentamethylene
pentane
noun, masculine
pentane
pentanoïque
adjective
pentanoic
pentaoxyde
noun, masculine
pentoxide
pentapole
noun, feminine
pentapolis
pentaquark
noun, masculine
pentaquark
pentarchie
noun, feminine
pentarchy
pentarchique
adjective
pentarchic
pentasulfure
noun, masculine
pentasulfide
pentathionic
pentathlon
noun, masculine
pentathlon (discipline made up of five events)
pentathlon des neiges
noun, masculine
snow pentathlon (a five-leg five-sport race involving vélo (“bicycling”), course (“running”), ski de fond (“cross-country skiing”), patin (“ice skating”), raquette (“snowshoeing”).)
pentatome
noun, masculine
pentatomid
pentatomique
adjective
pentatomic
pentatonique
adjective
pentatonic
pentatriacontanoic
pentavalent
adjective
pentavalent
pentavalently
pentaèdre
noun, masculine
pentahedron
pentaène
noun, masculine
pentaene
pentaérythritol
noun, masculine
pentaerythritol
pente
noun, feminine
slope; gradient; inclination, tendency