Poitiers

Directly borrowed from French Poitiers, Middle French Poictiers, from Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpwɑːtɪ.eɪ/, /ˈpwʌtɪ.eɪ/, enPR: pwäʹtē-ā, pwŭtʹē-ā
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpwɑti.eɪ/, /ˌpwɑtiˈeɪ/, enPR: pwäʹtē-ā, pwä'tē-āʹ
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Hyphenation: Poi‧ti‧eh

Poitiers

1. A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.

From Poitier +‎ -s.

Poitiers

1. plural of Poitier

Inherited from Middle French Poictiers, from Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

• IPA^(key): /pwa.tje/
• Rhymes: -e

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• Hyphenation: Poi‧tiers

Poitiers m

1. Poitiers (a city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

• poitevin
• Poitevin m, Poitevine f
• Poitou m

• English: Poitiers