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pour encourager les autres lit. "to encourage others"; said of an excessive punishment meted out as an example, to deter others. The original is from Voltaire's Candide and referred to the execution of Admiral John Byng. [45] pourboire lit. "for drink"; gratuity, tip; donner un pourboire: to tip. prairie
Note that the word in French has retained the general meaning: e.g. château in French means "castle" and chef means "chief". In fact, loanwords from French generally have a more restricted or specialised meaning than in the original language, e.g. legume (in Fr. légume means "vegetable"), gateau (in Fr. gâteau means "cake").
Although its most usual definition is that listed under "packet" (see link above), a sachet / ˈ s æ ʃ eɪ / can also mean a small scented cloth bag filled with herbs, potpourri, or aromatic ingredients; [1] [2] or a small porous bag or packet containing a material intended to interact with its atmosphere; for example, desiccants are usually packed in sachets which are then placed in larger ...
marde (merde): "shit", used in conjunction with other words, sometimes profanity: esti de marde, silo de marde, tas de marde, mange donc un char de marde, pédale de marde, ciboulette de marde, or château de marde, Internet de marde; câliboire [ˈkɑːˌlɪbwɑːʁ]: a mix between câlice and ciboire
The components of an oxygen absorber vary according to intended use, the water activity of the product being preserved, and other factors. Often the oxygen absorber or scavenger is enclosed in a porous sachet or packet but it can also be part of packaging films and structures. [4] Others are part of a polymer structure. [5]
Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence (Four Penitential Motets), FP 97, are four sacred motets composed by Francis Poulenc in 1938–39. He wrote them on Latin texts for penitence , scored for four unaccompanied voices.
Pour un nouveau roman (translated as For a New Novel (US), Towards a New Novel (UK)) is a 1963 collection of theoretical writings by French author Alain Robbe-Grillet.
Castor oil is a glyceride that is hydrolyzed by pancreatic lipase to ricinoleic acid, which produces laxative action by an unknown mechanism. Properties. Site of action: colon, small intestine (see below) [citation needed] Onset of action: 2–6 hours; Examples: castor oil [3]