peur, n.f., fear, fright; dread, terror. Avoir —; to be afraid. Avoir grand’peur; to be in great fear. Mourir de —; to be frightened to death, to die of fright. Faire — à quelqu’un; to frighten any one. Sans —; fearless. En être quitte pour la —; to get off with the fright; to be merely frightened. Avoir — de son ombre; to be afraid of one’s shadow. Être mis à faire —; to look a fright. Avoir plus de — que de mal; to be more frightened than hurt. De — de; for fear of. De — que; lest, for fear that. De — qu’il ne le sache; lest he should know it.
peureu-x, -se, adj., fearful, timid, timorous.
peut-être, adj., perhaps, may be, perchance, peradventure. — viendra-t-il, — qu’il viendra; perhaps he will come. — que oui; perhaps so.
peut-être, n.m., perhaps, supposition. Il n’y a pas de —; there is no perhaps in the matter.
phaéton, n.m., phaeton, (fam.) Jehu, driver.
phagédénique, adj., (med.) phagedenic.
phagédénisme, n.m., (med.) phagedena.
phalange, n.f., phalanx, battalion, band; force, host; (anat.) phalanx.
phalanger, n.m., (mam.) phalanger.
phalangite, n.m., soldier of a phalanx.