pollancre
Catalan
Etymology
Probably from pollanca < pollanc, from poll (“poplar”), from Vulgar Latin *pōclus, from alteration and contraction of Latin pōpulus (“poplar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [puˈʎaŋ.kɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [poˈʎaŋ.kɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [poˈʎaŋ.kɾe]
Noun
pollancre m (plural pollancres)
- any poplar tree, especially the black poplar (Populus nigra)
- Coordinate term: àlber
- poplar wood
Derived terms
- pollancreda
- pollancró
Further reading
- “pollancre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “pollancre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “pollancre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.