pourvoyant, adj., providing, provident.
pourvoyeur, n.m., purveyor, provider, caterer; (fig.) go-between.
pourvoyeuse, n.f., procuress.
pourvu que, conj., provided that; provided; it is to be hoped that, let us hope that. — — vous le fassiez; provided you do it.
pousse, n.f., shoot, sprout; (vet.) heaves, shortness of breath, broken wind (in horses); asthma; ☉bum-bailiffs (sheriff’s officers); bitterness (a disease in wines); choke-damp (in mines).
poussé, -e, part., pushed. Ce cheval est — de nourriture; this horse has been fed too much. Du vin —; turbid, diseased wine.
pousse-café, n.m., liqueur (after coffee).
☉pousse-cul, n.m., (—, or —-—s) bum-bailiff.
poussée, n.f., pushing, thrusting; push, thrust (of arches); press (of business). Donner la — à quelqu’un; to follow up any one closely. Faire une belle —; (fam., iron.) to do a mighty fine thing. Donner une — à; to give a push to.
pousse-pieds, n.m. (—). V. anatife.