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O


obsèques funeral, burial
octante eighty
octantième eightieth
octobre October
oncle uncle
ondoyé(e) baptized provisionally
ont (they) have
onze eleven
onzième eleventh
orphelin(e) orphan
ou or
where
ouest west


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P


page page
Palatinat Palatinate, Pfalz
par by
pareil(le) same, alike, similar
parent parent, relative
paroisse parish (office)
parrain godfather
part portion, part
[d’une part] [on the one hand]
[et d’autre part] [and on the other hand]
pas not
pas encore not yet
passé past
pasteur pastor
pâtissier pastry maker
pâtre herdsman
pauvre indigent, poor
pays land, country
paysan(ne) small farmer, peasant
pêcheur fisher
peintre painter
penultième day before the last
percer des dents teething
père father
petit small, little
petite-fille granddaughter
petite noblesse gentry
petit-fils grandson
petit propriétaire yeoman
peuple citizens
peut-être maybe, perhaps
pharmacien pharmacist
pièces documents
pied terrier land record
place place
plus, en besides, in addition to
plus âgé(e) older, elder, oldest, eldest
plus vieux older, elder, oldest, eldest
pluviôse See “Months”
policier policeman
pont bridge
population population
porte door
Portugais(e) Portuguese
poser place, put
pour for
pourquoi why
prairial See “Months”
précédent(e) previous, preceding
préfet prefect (the head of a département in France)
premier, première first
prénom given (first) name
près de next to
présenté presented
prêtre clergyman, priest
preuve proof
principalité principality
prochain(e) following, next, nearest
proche parent close relative
professeur professor, teacher
propos de, à about, concerning
propriétaire owner, proprietor
protestant Protestant
provincial(e) provincial
Prussien(ne) Prussian
publié published, announced
publier publish

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