pleurs, n.m.pl., tears; crying, weeping; bleeding (of a vine). Verser, répandre, des —; to shed tears. Essuyer ses —; to dry one’s tears.
pleutre, n.m., coward; contemptible fellow.
pleuvoir (pleuvant, plu), v.imp., to rain. Il pleut à verse; it is pouring with rain. — à petites gouttes; to drizzle. — des hallebardes; to rain cats and dogs. L’argent y pleut; it rains riches there. — à seaux; to rain in torrents. Comme s’il en pleuvait; in quantities, a great quantity, in shoals, in torrents. Faire —; to shower down upon; to pour, send in or down.
plèvre, n.f., (anat.) pleura.
plexus (plèk-sus), n.m., (anat.) plexus.
pleyon, n.m., osier-tie.
pli, n.m., plait, fold, bend, wrinkle, rumple; tuck, coil; undulation, depression, wave; cover, letter, envelope, message, crease. Cet habit ne fait pas un —; that coat has not a wrinkle in it. Sous le même —; under the same cover. Fouiller dans tous les —s et replis, sonder tous les —s et replis, du cœur; to search into the innermost recesses of the heart. Un faux —; a crease (in stuffs). Il a pris son —; he has taken his bent, decided upon his course (of action). Avoir des —s au front; to have wrinkles on one’s forehead. Le — du bras; the bend of the arm. Un — de terrain; an undulation or depression of the ground. Cela ne fera pas un —; there will not be the slightest difficulty, all will go as on wheels. Prendre un mauvais —; to get into bad habits.
pliable, adj., pliable, pliant, bending, flexible, supple.
pliage, n.m., folding.
pliant, -e, adj., pliant, pliable, bending, flexible, supple. Siège —; a folding-stool.