printani-er, -ère, adj., spring, spring-like, vernal; youthful; early. Fleurs —ères; spring-flowers; cowslips. Etoffes —ères; spring materials, or stuffs; spring goods. Potage —; spring-soup (with early vegetables).
printemps (-tān), n.m., spring, spring-time; prime, bloom. Le — de la vie; the morning of life. Dans le — de sa vie; in the prime of one’s days. Au — de ses jours; in the bloom of one’s youth.
à priori, adv., à priori (i.e. from what precedes).
priorité, n.f., priority.
pris, -e, part., taken, caught, seized, congealed, curdled, frozen, frozen over; stuffed up (of the nose). Homme bien — dans sa taille; well-set man. Cet homme est — de vin; that man is the worse for liquor. La rivière a — dans la nuit; the river was frozen over in the night. — dans les glaces; ice-bound.
prisable, adj., estimable, valuable.
prise, n.f., taking, capture; prize; hold, handle, purchase; quarrel; dose; pinch. pl., fighting, close quarters. La — d’une ville; the taking of a town. — de possession; taking possession. — de possession d’un bénéfice; induction to a living. — d’habit; (c.rel.) taking the habit, or the veil. Décret de — de corps; writ of arrest. Part de —; prize-money. Amariner une —; to man a prize. Être de bonne —; to be a lawful prize. Lâcher —; to let go one’s hold. Donner — à la critique; to lay one’s self open to criticism, to expose one’s self to criticism, to afford matter for criticism. Donner — sur soi à son ennemi; to give one’s enemy a hold over one. — de tabac; pinch of snuff. En venir aux —s; to grapple with one another, to come to blows. Les deux chiens sont aux —s; the two dogs are fighting. Être aux —s avec la mauvaise fortune; to be struggling with, or against, adversity. Être aux —s avec la mort; to be on the point of death, or at death’s door; to be in great danger. Mettre aux —s; to set (together) by the ears.
prisée, n.f., estimate, appraisement, valuation. Faire la — de; to make an estimate of.
priser, v.a., to prize, to rate, to value, to set a high price on, to appraise, to estimate; to esteem, to have an esteem for.
se priser, v.r., to be valued, to be esteemed; to set a high value on one’s self.