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plier bagage: to pack one's bags, to up sticks, to leave, to move, to go away
plier boutique: to close up shop, to shut up shop, to close down; to up sticks, to leave, to move, to go away
plieur: folder (something that folds)
plieuse: folding machine; folder (someone who folds)
plingeure: dipping
plingeüre: post-1990 spelling of plingeure
plinien: Plinian
plinthe: plinth; skirting board; baseboard (panel between floor and interior wall)
pliocène: Pliocene
plioir: folding-bone, folding-stick, bone folder
plissement: folding; fold
plisser: to squint (the eyes); to fold over, pleat; to wrinkle, crease, pucker, screw up; to be creased (of clothes etc.), wrinkled (stockings etc.); to crease, wrinkle
plisser les yeux: to look with eyes partly closed; squint
plisseur: pleater
plissé: pleated
pliure: a folding
plié: in stitches
plo: pilaf (dish)
ploc: whoosh; plink
ploc: ploc
plocéidé: ploceid
plomb: lead (metal); fuse; sinker (fishing weight)
plombage: weighting (with lead); filling, stopping; filling
plombagine: graphite
plombate: plumbate
plombe: full hour; ages, a long time
plomber: to fill with lead, to weigh down with lead; to become a burden, to weigh down
plomberie: plumbing; plumbery
plombeux: plumbous
plombier: plumber (one who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage)
plombifère: plombiferous
plombique: plumbic, of or related to lead
plombite: plumbite
plomburie: lead poisoning
plombémie: the presence of lead in the blood
plonge: the work of washing dishes
plongeant: plunging (neckline etc.)
plongeoir: diving board, springboard (diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water)
plongeon: dive (act of diving into water); diving; loon (the bird)
plongeon synchronisé: synchronized diving
plonger: to dive; to plunge; to immerse oneself (in something)
plongeur: diver (one who dives for pearls, coral, sponges, sunken items, and so on); diver (one who practices the sport of diving); dishwasher (a person who washes dishes in a restaurant or similar establishment)
plongeur: diving (that or who dives)
plongée: dive; the forward tilt of an automobile when braking
plongée sous-marine: scuba diving
plosif: plosive
plosion: plosion
plosive: plosive
plot: traffic cone; cone used in slalom
ploter: to plot or trace (a curve); alternative form of peloter
plotte: a vulva, a vagina; a ball; a football
plouc: hick, country bumpkin, yokel; rube
plouf: splash
plouf: splash; The sound of a light explosion.
ploussard: a black grape variety form Jura
ploutocrate: plutocrat
ploutocratie: plutocracy
ploutocratique: plutocratic
ployer: to bend, fold
plucher: to fluff up, to become fluffy