peuplier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French peuplier, poeplier, from Old French poplier. By surface analysis, Latin populus +‎ -ier. There was a Middle French peuple, pople (“poplar”) which was attested in the 15th century (but most likely had older origins).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pœ.pli.je/, /pø.pli.je/

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Noun

peuplier m (plural peupliers)

1. poplar

Further reading

• “peuplier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.