postuler, v.n., to conduct a suit, to plead.
posture, n.f., posture, attitude, situation, condition.
pot, n.m., pot, jug; tankard, can, jar; (stationery) foolscap; ☉pot, morion, helmet. Mettre en —; to pot. — de chambre; chamber-pot. Bête comme un —; as stupid as an owl. Mettre le — sur le feu; to put the pot on the fire. Prendre la fortune du —; to take pot-luck. — pourri; hotch-potch; jar filled with all sorts of flowers; medley, jumble, olio. — à feu; (artil.) fireball, cresset, fire-pot. —-au-feu; (—) meat to boil (to make soup); broth; (fig.) bread and butter, bread and cheese. — à l’eau; water-jug. — au lait; milk-can. Tourner autour du —; to beat about the bush. Gare le — au noir; beware of the danger. Découvrir le — aux roses; to find out the secret, to lay bare the mystery. Il en payera les —s cassés; he will pay for the damage, stand the racket. C’est le — de terre contre le — de fer; it is the earthen pot against the iron pot (i.e., the weak against the strong). Un — fêlé dure longtemps; threatened men live long. Il n’y a si méchant — qui ne trouve son couvercle; every Jack has his Jill. Être à — et à rôt avec; to be great pals with or to be very thick with.
potable, adj., drinkable.
potage, n.m., porridge, soup. — aux herbes; vegetable soup. Il ne trouva que cela pour tout —; that’s all he found. Pour tout —; in all, all told.
potager, n.m., kitchen-stove; kitchen-garden; soup-pan.
potag-er, -ère, adj., culinary, cooking. Herbes, or plantes, —ères; pot-herbs. Jardin —; kitchen-garden.
potamot, n.m., (bot.) pond-weed.
potasse, n.f., potash. — d’Amérique; pearl-ash.
potassium (-siom), n.m., potassium.