provisoirement (-zoar-mān), adv., provisionally, temporarily; in the mean time.
provisorat, n.m., head-mastership, principalship.
provocant, adj., provoking, provocative; exciting, defiant, instigating.
provocat-eur, -rice, n. and adj., provoker; instigator, abettor, aggressor; provoking, instigating, abetting. Agent —; hired plotter, hireling.
provocation, n.f., provocation, instigation. — en duel; challenge to fight.
provoquer, v.a., to provoke, to incense, to call forth, to promote; to instigate; to challenge. — des applaudissements; to call forth applause. — en duel; to challenge. — au sommeil; to invite to sleep.
proxénète, n.m., (com.) ☉broker; pimp, pander; go-between.
proximité, n.f., proximity, nearness, near relationship. Le théâtre est à sa —; the theater is in his neighborhood. Il y a — de sang entre vous et moi; you and I are nearly related by the ties of blood. À — de; within a short distance of, in the neighborhood of.
proyer, n.m., (orni.) common bunting.
prrr! int., not I! not a bit of it! don’t you wish you may get it! whistle for it!