priser, v.a. and n., to take snuff.

priseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., snuff-taker.

priseur, adj., who appraises. Commissaire —; appraiser, auctioneer. Expert — assermenté; sworn appraiser.

prismatique, adj., prismatic.

prisme, n.m., prism.

prismoïde, n.m. and adj., prismoid; prismoidal.

prison, n.f., prison, gaol, jail; imprisonment, confinement. S’échapper de —; to break out of prison. — d’état; state prison. Être dans la — de saint Crépin; to wear shoes which pinch. Envoyer en —; to send to prison.

prisonni-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., prisoner. — d’état; state-prisoner.

privati-f, -ve, adj., (gram.) privative; (jur.) in severalty.