poutre
See also: poutré
French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French poutre, probably from apocope of an earlier *poutrelle, from a Vulgar Latin *pultrella < pulitrella from the feminine of Latin pullitrum, ultimately from pullus (“colt, youngling”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpoutre f (plural poutres)
- (construction) beam, girder
- poutre à vive arête - square-edged beam
- (gymnastics) balance beam
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “poutre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editOld French
editEtymology
editProbably from apocope of an earlier *poutrelle, from a Vulgar Latin *pultrella < pulitrella from the feminine of Latin pulliter, pullitrum, ultimately from pullus (“colt, youngling”).
Noun
editpoutre oblique singular, m (oblique plural poutres, nominative singular poutres, nominative plural poutre)
Descendants
edit- French: poutre
Categories:
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns