peiner, v.n., to labor, to toil; to be reluctant, to be loath.

peint, -e, part., painted, drawn. Toiles —es; printed calicoes.

peintre, n.m., painter. — de paysage; landscape painter. Un — en bâtiments; a house-painter.

peinturage, n.m., painting (on wood); daub.

peinture, n.f., painting; paint; picture, portraiture; description, appearance; painters’ work; colors. — à l’huile; oil-painting. — en détrempe; distemper-painting. — en mosaïque; mosaic-painting. En —; in painting, in appearance.

peinturer, v.a., (l.u.) to paint (with one color only); to daub.

peintureur, n.m., bad painter, dauber. V. barbouilleur.

pékin, n.m., pekin (textile fabric); (fig.) civilian, snob. C’est un mauvais —; he’s a nasty fellow.

pelade, n.f., alopecy, alopecia, scurf.

pelage, n.m., coat, fur (color of).