péricrâne, n.m., (anat.) pericranium.
péridot, n.m., chrysolite, peridot, olivine.
péridrome, n.m., (arch.) peridrome.
périgée, n.m. and adj., (astron.) perigee, perigeum; in its perigee.
périgourdin, -e, adj., of Perigord. n., native of Perigord.
périgueux (-gheû), n.m., (min.) Perigord stone.
périhélie, n.m. and adj., (astron.) perihelion, perihelium; in its perihelion.
*péril, n.m., peril, danger, jeopardy, hazard, risk. Au — de ma vie; at the hazard of my life. Être en — de ta vie; to be in danger of one’s life. Prendre une affaire à ses risques et —s; to run the risk of anything; to take all the risks. Mettre en —; to endanger, to put in jeopardy.
*périlleusement, adv., perilously, dangerously, hazardously.
*périlleu-x, -se, adj., perilous, dangerous, hazardous.