pâtés chauds (shö).—Hot pasties.

pâtés de petit four (de pe-tē´foor).—Small pasties—literally, pasties of the little oven.

pâtés froids (frwä).—Cold pasties.

patois (pȧ twä´), a dialect.

pays latin (pā ē lȧ tâN´), the Latin territory, district, region; the students of the Pays Latin, that is, of the University.

peine forte et dure (pen fôr tā dür´), very severe punishment; a kind of judicial torture.

penchant (N shäN´),—inclination; liking.

pensée (N ´), a thought expressed in terse, vigorous language.

per (It.), (pār), for, through, by.

per cantante (It.), (pār kän tän´), for cash.