poteau
See also: Poteau
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French postiau, poteaul, from post, from Old French post, from Latin postis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.to/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio (Canada): (file) Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) - Homophone: poteaux
Noun
poteau m (plural poteaux)
- post, pole, stake, stanchion, strut, standard, prop
- Synonym: pieu
- (sports) goalpost
- (France, slang) friend, buddy
Derived terms
- coiffer au poteau, coiffer sur le poteau
- deuxième poteau
- faire chiquer poteau
- poteau télégraphique
- sirop de poteau
- tour du poteau
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: poto
Further reading
- “poteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.