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paresseusement: lazily; sluggishly
paresseux: lazy
paresseux: lazy person; slacker
paresseux: a sloth
paresthésie: paresthesia
parfaire: to finish, to complete; to make a supplementary payment
parfait: perfect (exactly right)
parfait: perfect tense
parfaitement: perfectly
parfilage: parfilage
parfois: sometimes
parfum: perfume (scented toiletry); scent, desirable smell; flavour, aroma, taste (e.g., of ice cream)
parfumer: to perfume (to apply a scent)
parfumerie: perfumery (shop selling perfumes); perfumery (perfume products); perfume industry; the art of perfume
parfumeur: perfumer (maker of perfumes); perfumer (someone who sells perfumes)
parfumé: perfumed
parhélie: parhelion (bright spot in the sky due to refraction of the sun by ice crystals)
pari: wager, bet; gamble, risk
pari de Pascal: Pascal's wager (argument put forward by Blaise Pascal, according to which a non-believer has nothing to lose by believing in God, even if God does not exist)
pari mutuel: pari-mutuel
paria: pariah
pariage: a feudal association between a (typically ecclesiastical) lord and a more powerful one
paridigitidé: paridigitate
parier: to bet (make a guess about the outcome of an event)
parieur: gambler
parigot: Parisian
paris-brest: alternative letter-case form of Paris-Brest
parisianisme: characteristically Parisian turn of phrase, expression, etc.; stereotypically Parisian attitudes and mores; in particular, Parisian snobbery; Parisian quality, Parisianness
parisien: of Paris; Parisian
parisienne: a small size of type, standardized as 5 point
parisis: minted in Paris
parisyllabique: parisyllabic
paritaire: parity, equality; egalitarian
parité: equality, parity
parité de pouvoir d'achat: purchasing power parity
pariétaire: growing on walls
pariétaire: pellitory, lichwort (Parietaria officinalis)
pariétaire des murs: pellitory of the wall (Parietaria judaica)
pariétal: wall; parietal; parietal (relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity)
pariétine: parietin
pariétopleure: synonym of somatopleure
parjure: forswearing, abjuration, false oath; violating one's oath, breaking of vows; oath breaker
parjurer: to forswear, abjure
parka: parka
parker: to park (a vehicle)
parking: car park, parking lot
parkinsonien: parkinsonian, Parkinsonian
parkour: parkour, free running
parkérisation: Parkerization
parlabilité: speakability
parlable: reasonable
parlant: speaking, capable of speech; telling, eloquent
parle pour toi: speak for yourself! (expressing disagreement with an opinion expressed by another)
parle à ma main: talk to the hand
parlement: parliament
parlementaire: parliamentary
parlementaire: parliamentarian
parlementairement: parliamentarily
parlementarisme: parliamentarism (parliamentary government)
parlementer: to negotiate, discuss, parley, argue things over