pollancre

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from pollanca < pollanc, from poll (“poplar”), from Vulgar Latin *pōclus, from alteration and contraction of Latin pōpulus (“poplar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈʎaŋ.kɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈʎaŋ.kɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poˈʎaŋ.kɾe]

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Noun

pollancre m (plural pollancres)

1. any poplar tree, especially the black poplar (Populus nigra)

   Coordinate term: àlber

2. poplar wood

Derived terms

• pollancreda
• pollancró

Further reading

• “pollancre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pollancre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pollancre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)