*penaillon, n.m., rag; monk.
pénal, -e, adj., penal.
pénalité, n.f., penal system; penalty; penal enactment.
penard, n.m., old fox (pers.), old libertine.
pénates, n.m.pl., (antiq.) penates, household gods; fireside, home.
penaud, -e, n. and adj., abashed, sheepish person; abashed, sheepish, chopfallen, crestfallen.
penchant, n.m., slope, declivity; inclination, acclivity, decline, propensity, beat, tendency, taste. Le — d’une montagne; the slope of a mountain. Suivre son — or se laisser aller à son —; to follow one’s bent.
penchant, -e, adj., shelving, sloping, declining, leaning.
penchement (pansh-mān), n.m., inclination, leaning, bending, stoop, stooping.
pencher, v.a., to incline, to lean, to bend, to stoop. — la tête; to bend the head. — un vase; to incline a vase.