peton, n.m., foot (of children); tiny foot.

pétoncle, n.m., (conch.) scallop.

pétreau, n.m., (gard.) sucker (of a tree).

pétrée, adj.f., (geog.) stony. [Only used in Arabie —; Arabia Petræa.]

pétrel, n.m., (orni.) petrel.

pétreu-x, -se, adj., (anat.) stone-like; rocky, stony.

pétri, -e, part., kneaded. C’est un homme tout — de salpêtre; he is a passionate or violent-tempered man. — d’ignorance; steeped in ignorance.

pétrifiant, -e, adj., petrifying.

pétrification, n.f., petrifaction, petrification.

pétrifier, v.a., to petrify.