piquier, n.m., pikeman.

piqûre, n.f., pricking, prick, sting, puncture; worm-hole; (needlework) quilting, stitching; (vet.) warbles.

pirate, n.m., pirate, corsair, buccaneer; extortioner.

pirater, v.n., to pirate, to exercise piracy, to commit piracy.

piraterie (pi-ra-trî), n.f., piracy; act of piracy; extortion.

pire, adj. and n.m., worse, worst. Le remède est — que le mal; the remedy is worse than the disease. Le —; the worst. Il n’y a — sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre; none so deaf as those who won’t hear. Il n’y a — eau que l’eau qui dort; still waters run deep.

piriforme, adj., (anat.) pear-shaped.

pirogue (pi-rog), n.f., pirogue, canoe, jolly boat.

pirole, n.f., (bot.) wintergreen.

pirouette, n.f., pirouette; rapid whirling round; whirligig; subterfuge.