parturition, n.f., (med.) parturition.
paru, -e, adj., appeared, published, out.
parure, n.f., attire, dress, finery, ornament. — de diamants; set of diamonds. Meubles de même —; furniture that matches.
parvenir, v.n., to attain, to arrive, to come, to get (at), to reach, to succeed, to rise, to get on, to make one’s way; to reach the ears of. — à ses fins; to attain one’s ends. Faire —; to forward, to send to any one.
parvenu, -e, part., arrived, reached.
parvenu, n.m., parvenu, upstart.
parvis, n.m., parvis, open space (in front of a church); outer sanctuary, cathedral court; (poet.) inclosure, hall, temple.
pas, n.m., step, pace; footstep, stride, walk, gait; progress, precedence; pains, trouble, labor; threshold, passage; passage (of arms). Marcher d’un — léger; to walk with a light step. Il le suit — à —; he follows him step by step. À petits —; slowly; with short steps. Il n’y a qu’un —; it is but a step from here. Il marche à grands —; he takes long strides. Marcher à — comptés; to walk very slowly. Faire un — en arrière; to draw back a little. Aller, marcher, à — de loup; to go softly, stealthily, without noise. Retourner sur ses —; to go back, to retrace one’s steps. Aller à — mesurés; to proceed with circumspection. Au —; walking, at a walking pace; in time. Faire un faux —; to make a false step. — de clerc; blunder. Avoir le —; to have precedence (of). De ce —; directly, at once. Mettre un cheval au —; to walk a horse, to rein in a horse (to a foot pace). Mettre au —; to discipline; to bring any one into line; to recall any one to his duty, to put any one on his good behavior. — accéléré; (milit.) quick time, quick march. — redoublé; (milit.) double quick time. Marcher sur les — de quelqu’un; to tread in any one’s footsteps. Se tirer d’un mauvais —; to get out of a scrape. Sauter le —; to take a resolution; (fam.) to kick the bucket. — d’une vis; furrow of a screw. — de fusée; (horl.) turn of a fusee. Aller au —; to walk (of a horse). Y aller de ce —; to go (anywhere) directly, at once. Ce n’est que le premier — qui coûte; in everything the beginning is the difficulty.
pas, adv., no; not, not any. — un; not one. Je ne veux —; I will not. — du tout; not at all. Presque —; scarcely any. Je n’ai — de livre; I have no book.
pascal, -e, adj., paschal.