Francia | Angol |
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Petites Antilles nom propre {f-Pl} | Lesser Antilles◼◼◼(Caribbean islands) |
pointillé nom {m} | dotted line◼◼◼(line made up of dots or dashes) |
pointille nom {f} | punctilio [punctilios](exactness, strictness) |
pointilleux adjectif | picky [pickier, pickiest]◼◼◼(fussy, particular) fastidious◼◼◻(excessively particular) punctilious◼◼◻(strictly attentive to detail) pedantic◼◼◻(being finicky with language) sedulous [sedulouser, sedulousest](of a person: diligent in application or pursuit) |
pointilleux adjectif {m} | fussy [fussier, fussiest]◼◼◼(particular about details) |
pointilleux nom | stickler [sticklers]◼◼◼(someone who insistently advocates for something) |
pointilleux adjectif {m} {m-Pl} | pernickety◼◼◻(paying undue attention to minor details) pernickety◼◼◻(requiring attention to minor details) |
pointilleux nom {m} | nitpicking [nitpickings]◼◻◻(any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors) |
pointillisme nom {m} | pointillism◼◼◼(painting technique) |
poiré pétillant nom {m} | sparkling perrynoun |
postillon nom {m} | postilion [postilions]◼◼◼(rider mounted on leading horse) |
postillon [droplets] nom {m} | spittle◼◼◼(spit, usually frothy) |
postillonner verbe | sputter [sputtered, sputtering, sputters]◼◼◼(to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking) splutter [spluttered, spluttering, splutters](to spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking) |
postillonneux adjectif | spluttery(characterised by spluttering) |
potentille nom | potentilla◼◼◼(any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla) |
pulsatille nom {f} | pasque flower(flower of Pulsatilla) |
quintillion numeral {m} | quintillion◼◼◼(a million quadrillion, 10^30, see also: nonillion) |
quintillion numeral | nonillion(10^30, see also: quintillion) |
rhinotillexomanie nom {f} | rhinotillexomania◼◼◼(compulsive nose-picking) |
sautiller verbe | skip [skipped, skipping, skips]◼◼◼(move by hopping on alternate feet) jig [jigged, jigging, jigs]◼◻◻verb |
savon de Castille nom {m} | Castile soap◼◼◼(type of soap) |
scintillant adjectif {m} | scintillant◼◼◼(that scintillates) |
scintillation liquide nom {f} | liquid scintillation◼◼◼(scintillation) |
scintillement nom {m} | flicker◼◼◼(an unsteady flash of light) |
scintiller verbe | sparkle [sparkled, sparkling, sparkles]◼◼◼(to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate) scintillate [scintillated, scintillating, scintillates]◼◼◻(to twinkle) flicker [flickered, flickering, flickers]◼◼◻(to keep going on and off) |
se tortiller verbe | squirm [squirmed, squirming, squirms]◼◼◼(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) wiggle [wiggled, wiggling, wiggles]◼◼◼(to move with irregular motions) wriggle [wriggled, wriggling, wriggles]◼◼◻(to twist one's body and move the limbs) writhe [writhed, writhing, writhes]◼◼◻(to twist or contort the body) |
sextilliard numeral {m} | duodecillion◼◼◼(10^39) |
sextillion numeral | sextillion◼◼◼(a million quintillion, 10^36, see also: undecillion) |