poiré

See also: poire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French poiré, from earlier peré (remodelled after poire), from Old French peré, from Vulgar Latin *pirātum. By surface analysis, poire (“pear”) +‎ -é.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwa.ʁe/

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Noun

poiré m (plural poirés)

1. perry (pear cider)

   Synonyms: cidre de poire, vin de poire

Hyponyms

• poiré de glace
• poiré mousseux

Coordinate terms

• vin (wine)
• cidre (cider)

Derived terms

• poiré de glace
• poiré mousseux

Further reading

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