provincial, n.m., provincial, country person; superior of a monastic fraternity.
provincial, -e, n. and adj., provincial, country, country-like. Manières —es; country manners.
provincialat, n.m., provincialship (of convents).
provincialisme, n.m., (gram.) provincialism.
proviseur, n.m., head-master, principal of a (government) college.
provision, n.f., provision, stock, store, supply; (fam.) hoard; (com.) stock on hand; provisional maintenance. Par —; provisionally, in the mean time. Faire ses —s; to provide one’s self with necessaries. Faire sa — de bois, de charbon; to take in, to lay in, one’s stock of wood, of coal, of fuel. —s de bouche; provisions. —s de guerre; ammunition. Aller à la —; to go marketing. Faire — de; to get in a supply of. Faire la — d’une lettre de change; (com.) to provide for a bill of exchange.
provisionnel, -le, adj., provisional.
provisionnellement (-nèl-mān), adv., provisionally.
provisoire, n.m., provisional state.
provisoire, adj., provisional, temporary.