panse, n.f., paunch, belly; rumen, cud (of ruminating animals); lugger-boat (in V. Hugo). Grosse —; pot-belly, paunch. Avoir les yeux plus grands que la —; to have eyes bigger than one’s belly. — d’A; oval of an a. Il n’a pas fait une — d’A; he has done nothing at all, he has not done a stroke.
pansé, -e, part., dressed. Il est bien —; he has had a square meal, or his bellyful.
pansement (pans-mān), n.m., dressing (of wounds); rubbing, grooming (of a horse). V. pansage.
panser, v.a., to dress (wounds); to groom (a horse).
pansu, -e, adj., pot-bellied, tun-bellied, big-bellied; bulging.
pantagruélique, adj., Pantagruel; epicurean; insatiable; sumptuous.
pantagruélisme, n.m., epicurism.
pantagruéliste, n.m., epicure.
pantalon, n.m., pantaloons, pair of pantaloons; trousers, pair of trousers; pantaloon (pantomime). — collant; tight trousers. — rouge; (fig.) French soldier.
pantalonnade, n.f., pantaloon’s dance, buffoonery; false demonstration, make-believe, humbug.