poire

Inherited from Old French peire, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, considered as a feminine singular.

• IPA^(key): /pwaʁ/

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poire f (plural poires)

1. pear
2. (colloquial) mug, sucker, soft touch
3. (informal) mush, face

   en pleine poire

   straight in the face

   se payer la poire de quelqu'un

   to pull someone's leg

4. a bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper
5. pear brandy
6. a pull cord switch with a pear-shaped knob
7. (butchery) a beef cut

• (fool): pigeon, gogo

• “poire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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