paravent, n.m., screen, folding-screen. Chinois de —; guy; grotesque figure. Comédie de —; private performances, theatricals.
parbleu! int., zounds! forsooth!
parc, n.m., park; pen (for cattle); sheepfold; bed, breeding-ground (of oysters); (artil.) park; warren (for game); (agri.) sheepwalk; (nav.) locker. — de construction; shipyard. Les murailles d’un —; the walls of a park.
parcage, n.m., folding (of sheep); penning (of cattle).
parcellaire, adj., in or by small portions, in detail. Cadastre —; register of lands divided into small portions.
parcellaire, n.m., register of a survey in detail.
parcelle, n.f., particle, portion; driblet, installment. — du sol; portion of the soil. Payer par —s; to pay by installments.
parceller, v.a., to portion or parcel out.
parce que, conj., because, inasmuch as, forasmuch as; why, wherefore.
parchemin, n.m., parchment, skin. pl., titles of nobility; descent, pedigree. Allonger le —; to lengthen out deeds uselessly. Il est fier de ses —s; he is proud of his pedigree.