pendule, n.m., pendulum.
penduliste, n.m., clock-case maker.
pêne, n.m., bolt (of a lock); lock-bolt.
pénétrabilité, n.f., penetrability.
pénétrable, adj., penetrable.
pénétrant, -e, adj., penetrating, piercing, keen, insinuating, acute, searching, impressive. Il fait un froid —; it is piercingly cold.
pénétrati-f, -ve, adj., (l.u.) penetrating.
pénétration, n.f., penetration, acuteness, shrewdness; sagacity. Avoir une grande — d’esprit; to have great acuteness of mind.
pénétré, -e, part., penetrated. — de douleur; grieved to the heart, cut to the quick.
pénétrer, v.a., to penetrate, to go through, to enter, to pierce; to pervade; to fathom; to impress; to imbue; to see through; to affect, to move. — quelqu’un; to see through any one. Son état m’a pénétré; his situation deeply moved me.