Feminine

poutre

  1. (feminine) beam, girder
  2. (feminine) balance beam

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/putʁ/
Etymology

From Old French poutre, probably from apocope of an earlier *poutrelle, from a Vulgar Latin *pultrella < pulitrella from the feminine of Latin pullitrum, ultimately from pullus (“colt, youngling”).

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