Vocabulary
pou
louse; head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis)
Noun
pour
for (meant for, intended for); for (in support of); for (as a consequence for); for (an intended destination); to (to bring about an intended result); for, to (according to)
Preposition
pouvoir
can, to be able to; may (of a choice); to be possible; may, could be; to have the right (to); to have the power, the authority or the talent (to do something)
Verb
pourquoi
why
Adverb
pouvoir
power; authority; power of attorney
Noun
pourtant
however, yet
Adverb
pousser
to push; to urge on, encourage; to grow; to spring up, to sprout; to utter; to move aside
Verb
poursuivre
to pursue, to chase; to pursue, to persecute, to torment; to carry on, to continue what has been started; to sue; to continue; to chase after each other
Verb
poursuite
pursuit; chase; pursuit; prosecution
Noun
pouce
thumb; inch
Noun
poule
hen (female chicken); chick, bird (woman); pool; pool, group (stage of a competition before the knockout stages)
Noun
poulet
chicken; policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective); love letter
Noun
poudre
dust; powder
Noun
pourvoir
to equip, provide, endow someone; to fill (a seat, job vacancy); to provide; to provide oneself; to appeal
Verb
poubelle
rubbish bin, garbage can; trash, rubbish
Noun
pourcentage
percentage; commission, fee
Noun
poussière
dust; speck of dust; very little; next to nothing
Noun
poutine
poutine; any of several potato-based dishes; dumpling; bread pudding, pudding; any of several pudding-like desserts; a messy situation or complicated thing; a quagmire; a fat woman
Noun
pourri
rotten; decayed; bad, rotten; off; decomposed, putrefied (body); spoilt (child); bad; lame
Adjective
pourrir
to rot, decompose, putrefy, crumble; to waste away from a disease such as gangrene
Verb
poumon
lung
Noun
poupée
doll (object); A girl or woman.
Noun
poussée
push, thrust; surge
Noun
pousse
growth (act of growing [of plants etc.]); sprout, shoot; youngster
Noun
poutre
beam, girder; balance beam
Noun
poussin
chick (a young chicken); sweetheart, darling (used to address a young boy, or to address a man one is in a romantic relationship with)
Noun
pouls
pulse (regular beat caused by the heart)
Noun
poussette
pushchair (UK), stroller (US); pushpin
Noun
pourboire
tip (extra money given to e.g. a waiter in appreciation of service)
Noun
pourriture
rot; rottenness, something rotten; rotter, swine; cow, bitch
Noun
pourparlers
parley, talks (conference to arrive at a certain agreement)
Noun
poussé
up bow
Noun
poulain
foal (young horse); protégé; mentee
Noun
pourchasser
to chase without relent; pursue
Verb
pourri
swine, bastard; bent copper, dirty cop
Noun
poupe
poop, stern
Noun
pourpre
burgundy in color
Adjective
pourtour
perimeter, circumference; surrounding area; ambulatory
Noun
pouf
pouffe (thick cushion); a girl of bad conduct
Noun
pourvoi
appeal
Noun
poulie
pulley; block
Noun
poudrer
to powder (cover in powder)
Verb
poulpe
an octopus
Noun
pourpre
burgundy (purple color); rich, purple fabric; purpure; purple color as used in heraldry; power, authority
Noun
poursuivant
pursuer; prosecutor
Noun
poussiéreux
dusty; fusty, old-fashioned
Adjective
poulette
pullet; synonym of poule (“girl, chick”)
Noun
poulailler
henhouse, coop, chicken coop; gods, gallery (of a theatre)
Noun
pourvoyeur
purveyor, supplier, source
Noun
poursuivant
pursuing, chasing, prosecuting
Adjective
pourcent
percent
Noun
pouf
poof (onomatopoeia)
Interjection
poucet
a very small person
Noun
pouffer
to burst out (with laughter); to crack up
Verb
poudrière
powder keg or magazine; tinderbox
Noun
poussif
wheezy, short-winded; broken-winded; listless, torpid, apathetic, sluggish
Adjective
poutrer
to fuck, screw
Verb
poutou
kiss
Noun
pouce
stop!, wait!
Interjection
pourfendeur
attacker, opponent
Noun