*pailleter, v.a., to spangle.
*paillette, n.f., spangle.
*pailleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., dealer in straw.
*pailleu-x, -se, adj., flawy (of metals). Du fer —; flawy iron.
*paillon, n.m., wisp of straw, large spangle; bit of solder.
pain, n.m., bread, loaf; cake (of color, etc.). Un —; a loaf. Du —; some bread. Un petit —; a roll. — mollet; soft bread. Du — bis; brown bread. Du — frais, du — tendre; new bread. Du — rassis; stale bread. — de munition; regulation bread. — sans levain; unleavened bread. — de ménage; home-made bread, household bread. Manger son — blanc le premier; to have the best of one’s life first, or to have one’s happiest days over. — chapelé; rasped bread. Il sait son — manger; he knows how to shift for himself. Ne pas valoir le — qu’on mange; not to be worth one’s salt. — quotidien; daily bread. Mettre à quelqu’un le — à la main; to give any one his bread. Avoir son — cuit; to have a competency, to have enough to live on. Avoir du — sur la planche; to have saved money. — de sucre; sugar-loaf. — de savon; cake of soap. — bénit; consecrated bread. C’est — bénit; it serves him right. C’est un long jour qu’un jour sans —; ’tis a long lane that has no turning. Un — à cacheter; a wafer. — d’épice; gingerbread. Tel grain tel —; as you sow, you must mow. Faire passer le goût du —; (fam.) to kill, to do for.
pair, adj., even (of numbers); similar. Non —; odd. — ou non; odd or even.
pair, n.m., peer; equal; par; equality; fellow, equal footing, common level; (of birds) mate. Le change est au —; the exchange is at par. Au —; at par; not behindhand (with one’s task); with board and lodging, but no salary. Être jugé par ses —s; to be tried by one’s peers. Sans —; matchless. Nous voilà — à —; now, we are even. De —; on a par, on an equality. Aller de — avec quelqu’un; to go cheek by jowl with any one. Marcher de — avec; to be on an equal footing with. Traiter quelqu’un de — à compagnon; to be hail-fellow well met with any one. Hors de —; beyond comparison, beyond compare, above the level of others.
paire, n.f., pair, brace, couple. Une — de bœufs; a pair of oxen. Une — de ciseaux; a pair of scissors. Les deux font la —; they are well-matched.