poix

Inherited from Old French peiz, from Latin picem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts (“pitch; resin”).

• IPA^(key): /pwa/

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• Homophones: poids, pois

poix f (uncountable)

1. pitch

   noir comme poix ― pitch black

• poisseux
• poisser

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

From Old French pois, peis.

poix m (plural poix)

1. weight

• French: poids