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parc à thèmes: theme park
parc éolien: wind farm, wind park
parce: only used in parce que
parce que: because
parcellaire: parcel, plot (of land)
parcelle: parcel (piece of land)
parcellisation: fragmentation; parcelling out
parcelliser: to parcel out
parchemin: parchment (material)
parcheminé: wrinkled; papery
parchet: vineyard
parcimonie: parsimony (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
parcimonieusement: parsimoniously
parcimonieux: parsimonious
parcmètre: parking meter
parcomètre: parking meter
parcourir: to go through, to pass through; to read through, to skim
parcours: route, course; career; a traditional roaming or grazing right; round; course
parcours de santé: a walk in the park
parcours du combattant: assault course, obstacle course; painful and strenuous experience; hassle
parcouru: browsed, skimmed
pard: serval
pardelle: Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
pardessus: overcoat (garment)
pardi: (yes,) obviously! (yes,) for God's sake! (yes,) of course!
pardieu: by God
pardon: excuse me; sorry
pardon: pardon, forgiveness
pardonnable: pardonable
pardonner: to pardon, forgive; to excuse
pardonnez mon français: pardon my French; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pardonnez, mon, français.
pare-balle: bulletproof
pare-brise: windscreen (UK), windshield (US)
pare-choc: bumper (UK), fender (US)
pare-chocs: bumper (UK), fender (US)
pare-feu: fireguard; firebreak; firewall
pareil: such; like, alike, same
pareil: the same; alike; anyway; just the same
pareillement: likewise; in the same way; equally; too; also
parement: facing
parement: liturgical paraphernalia
parenchymateux: parenchymatous; parenchymal
parenchyme: parenchyma
parent: relative, relation, family member; parent; ancestors; parents
parent: related; similar
parent pauvre: poor relation, red-headed stepchild
parent poule: Overprotective parent, helicopter parent
parental: parental
parentalité: parenthood
parenthèse: parenthesis, digression; Either of a pair of round brackets
parenthétique: parenthetical
parentèle: relative, relation; kin, relatives; parentela
parenté: kinship; relatives, kin
parentéral: parenteral
parentéralement: parenterally
pareo: alternative spelling of paréo
parer: to adorn; to bedeck; to fend off; to parry; to get dressed up (in one's finest clothes)
parer au plus pressé: to take care of the most important things first, to attend to what is most urgent, to deal with the most pressing matter first
paresse: laziness
paresser: to laze about; loaf