prendre la clef des champs (präN dre lȧ klā dā shäN´), to take the key of the fields; to take French leave.
prendre la lune avec les dents (präN dre lȧ lü´ nȧ vek lā däN´), to seize the moon in one’s teeth; to aim at impossibilities.
presto maturo, presto marcio (It.) (pres tō ma tōō´rō, pres tō mär´chyō), soon ripe, soon rotten.
prêt d´accomplir (pre dȧ kôN plēr´), ready to accomplish.
prêt pour mon pays (pre pōōr môN pā ē´), ready for my country.
preux chevalier (prö shvȧ lēā´), a brave knight.
prima donna (prē mä dôn´nä), leading lady singer in opera.
printanière (praN-tä-nyâr´).—A dish cooked à la printanière. See [à la printanière]. Printanière soup is the same as jardinière soup, essentially.
procès verbal (prô se ver bȧl´), a detailed statement.
profiterolles (prō-fē-trōl´).—Sweet entremets, a kind of cake filled with custard.