poteau

See also: Poteau

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French postiau, poteaul, from post, from Old French post, from Latin postis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.to/

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• Homophone: poteaux

Noun

poteau m (plural poteaux)

1. post, pole, stake, stanchion, strut, standard, prop

   Synonym: pieu

2. (sports) goalpost
3. (France, slang) friend, buddy
4. (Canada, politics) paper candidate

Derived terms

• coiffer au poteau, coiffer sur le poteau
• deuxième poteau
• faire chiquer poteau
• poteau télégraphique
• sirop de poteau
• tour du poteau

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: poto

Further reading

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