povêr

See also: pover

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• poeir (Lyonnais, archaic)
• poer (Dauphinois, Vaudois, archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin potēre.

Verb

povêr (ORB large)

1. to be able to

References

• pouvoir in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• povêr in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1081: “et pouvoir” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pŏsse”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 231