poudre

See also: poudré

French

Etymology

From Old French poudre, from Latin pulverem, accusative of pulvis (or possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *pŭlvĕra), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust; flour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pudʁ/
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Noun

poudre f (plural poudres)

  1. powder
  2. (obsolete) dust

Derived terms

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pulverem, accusative of pulvis. Compare Old Occitan poldra, polvera.

Noun

poudre f (oblique plural poudres, nominative singular poudre, nominative plural poudres)

  1. powder
  2. dust

Descendants

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