poivre
See also: poivré
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French peivre, peivere, from Latin piper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pwavʁ/
Audio (France): (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /pwavʁ/ ~ /pwɑvʁ/
Audio (Quebec): (file) - Rhymes: -avʁ, -ɑvʁ
Noun
poivre m (plural poivres)
- pepper (spice)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “poivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- peivre, peivere
Etymology
Noun
poivre oblique singular, m (oblique plural poivres, nominative singular poivres, nominative plural poivre)
- pepper (spice)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (poivre, supplement)