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par malheur: by mischance, unluckily, unfortunately
par miracle: by some miracle, miraculously
par moments: sometimes
par monts et par vaux: up hill and down dale
par mégarde: inadvertently; accidentally; by mistake
par opposition à: as opposed to
par parenthèse: parenthetically
par pitié: please, pray, for pity's sake, mercy, have mercy, for the love of God, for God's sake, I beg you
par plaisanterie: humorously; as a joke
par principe: out of principle, on principle, as a matter of principle; just in case
par rapport à: in relation to; compared to; because of
par retour de courrier: by return of post, by return mail, by return
par suite de: as a result of, due to
par terre: on the ground
par terre: on the ground
par tous les temps: in all weathers, come rain or shine
par trop: far too, much too, overly, too
par tête de pipe: per head, per person
par voie de conséquence: as a consequence, consequently
par voies et par chemins: on the road, travelling, wandering around, out and about, on a jaunt
par à-coups: in fits and starts
par-ci: only used in par-ci, par-là (“here and there”)
par-ci, par-là: here and there
par-delà: beyond, across
par-dessus: over (the top of)
par-dessus bord: overboard
par-dessus la jambe: slipshodly, slapdash, offhandedly, in an offhand manner, rushedly
par-dessus le marché: into the bargain, to boot, on top of that, no less, if you please
para: paratrooper
para hockey sur glace: alternative spelling of para-hockey sur glace
para nordique: para-nordic; ellipsis of ski para-nordique
para ski: alternative spelling of paraski
para ski de fond: alternative spelling of para-ski de fond
para surf des neiges: alternative spelling of para-surf des neiges
para-alpin: para-alpine; ellipsis of ski para-alpin
para-athlète: para-athlete
para-biathlon: para-biathlon: alternative form of parabiathlon
para-hockey: parahockey
para-hockey sur glace: para ice hockey
para-nordique: para-nordic; ellipsis of ski para-nordique
para-ski: alternative spelling of paraski
para-ski de fond: para cross-country skiing; a disability sport, an adapted version of cross-country skiing (“ski de fond”)
para-surf des neiges: parasnowboarding; a parasport, an adapted form of snowboarding for the disabled
parabancaire: banking-related
parabanique: parabanic
parabase: parabasis
parabellum: parabellum (all senses)
parabiathlon: para-biathlon
parabiose: parabiosis
parable: preventable (able to be or fit to be prevented)
parabole: parabola; dish (antenna)
parabole: parable
paraboler: to move in a parabolic trajectory; to speak in parables
parabolicité: parabolicity
parabolique: parabolic
paraboliquement: parabolically
paraboliser: to parabolize
paraboloïdal: paraboloidal
paraboloïde: paraboloid
paraboréen: synonym of hyperboréen