poil

Meaning

1. (masculine) hair (on the body)
2. (masculine) bristle (on a brush)

Concepts

hair

fur

body hair

chest hair

eyebrow hair

pilus

bristle

inch

nap

pelage

pelt

pubic hair

strand

tomentum

whisker

hair’s-breadth

hair’s breadth

nostril hairs

hairsbreadth

yure

riah

dust bunny

feathers

fibril

filament

fuzz

haircloth

Synonyms

cheveu

chevelure

plume

🪶

pelage

cheveux

lainage

poil d’animal

paigne

fibrilles

fibrille

follicule pileux

fourrure

laine

Translations

pelo

Haar

haar

cabelo

pelo

pêlo

pèl

cabello

pilus

τρίχα

kıl

capello

cabell

capillus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pwal/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: peil

Inherited from Latin: pilus

In summary

From an earlier Old French peil, from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.