puits

Signification (Anglais)

well, shaft

Concepts

well

spring

pit

chamber

wells

sink

shaft

fountain

good

rig

water well

natural spring

source

gorge

gully

hollow

ravine

valley

easily

comfortably

advantageously

considerably

substantially

intimately

swell

fountainhead

wellspring

mineshaft

brine

gas

oil

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɥi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French puis, puiz, from Latin puteus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”). The t was added back in Middle French in order to reflect the Latin spelling and distinguish from the verb/adverb puis.