pâli, -e, adj., grown pale.
palier, n.m., landing; landing-place (of a staircase); stair-head, flat, floor. Demeurer sur le même —; to live on the same floor. Un homme est fort sur son —; every man is a king in his own house.
palière, n.f., top-stair. Porte —; landing-door.
palification, n.f., (engineering) palification, pile-driving.
palimpseste, n.m., palimpsest.
palingénésie, n.f., palingenesia, palingenesy, regeneration.
palinod, n.m., palinod (verses made in honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin).
palinodie, n.f., palinody, recantation. Chanter la —; (fam., fig.) to retract, to recant.
pâlir, v.n., to grow, to turn, to become pale, to grow dim, to pale. Son étoile pâlit; his star is on the wane. — sur les livres; to pore over books.
pâlir, v.a., to turn, to make pale; to bleach. Le vinaigre pâlit les lèvres; vinegar bleaches the lips. Faire —; to throw into the shade; to pale; to eclipse; to frighten.