prophete, _m._ prophet; le Prophete, Mohammed.
prophetique, _adj._ prophetic.
propice, _adj._ propitious.
propos, _m._ purpose, object, remark, talk; a -- de, in regard to.
proposer, _v._ to propose; se -- de, think of, intend to.
proposition, _f._ proposition.
propre, _adj._ proper, clean, own; -- a rien, good for
nothing; c'est du --, that's (he's) a pretty mess.
proprement, _adv._ properly, correctly.
proprietaire, _m., f._ proprietor, proprietress, owner, landowner.
propriete, _f._ property, propriety.
pro-recteur, _m._ vice-rector (acting head of a German university,
the head being the reigning prince).
prose, _f._ prose.
Prosper-Cesar, Prosper Cresar (the French usually hyphenate two
given names).
prosperer, _v._ to prosper.
prosperite, _f._ prosperity.
prosterner, _v._ to prostrate.
protecteur, _m._ protector; adjectively: protecting.
protection, _f._ protection.
proteger, _v._ to protect.
protester, _v._ to protest.
prouver, _v._ to prove.
provencal, -e, _adj._ Provencal, Provencial.
Provence, _f._ Provence (the extreme southeastern province in
France before the Revolution); rue de --, Parisian street a little
north of the Boulevard des Italiens.
proverbe, _m._ proverb.
providence, _f._ providence; la Providence, Providence.
province, _f._ province; de --, provincial.
provincial, -e, _adj. and s._ provincial.
provision, _f._ provision, supply.
provisoirement, _adv._ provisionally, temporarily.
provoquer, _v._ to provoke, challenge, invite.
prudemment, _adv._ prudently (_em_ pronounced as _am_).
prudence, _f._ prudence.
prunelle, _f._ pupil, eyeball, eye.
Prusse, _f._ Prussia.
prussien, -ne, _adj. and s._ Prussian (written Prussien when
_s._).
public, -ique, _adj. and m._ public.
publier, _v._ to publish.
puce, _f._ flea; secouer les puces, to shake the fleas from,
beat.
pudeur, _f._ modesty, bashfulness, shame.
puer, _v._ to stink.
pueril, -e, _adj._ puerile, childish, boyish (_l_ pronounced).
puis, _adv._ then.
puiser, _v._ to draw, draw forth, dip.
puisque, _conj._ since.
puissant, -e, _adj._ powerful, mighty.
puits, _m._ well.
punch, _m._ punch (pronounced: _ponch_).
punir, _v._ to punish.
pur, -e, _adj._ pure.
purement, _adv._ purely.
purgatoire, _m._ purgatory.
purger, _v._ to purge, cleanse, clean.
putrefaction, _f._ putrefaction.
pyramide, _f._ pyramid.
pyrosis, _m._ pyrosis (burning pain in the epigastrium; final _s_
pronounced).

Q

qu', _see_ que.
quai, _m._ quay.
quali