pupitre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pupitre, from French pupitre. Doublet of púlpit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [puˈpi.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [puˈpi.tɾe]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -itɾe

Noun

pupitre m (plural pupitres)

1. student desk

French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin pulpitum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.pitʁ/

• Audio; “un pupitre”:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

pupitre m (plural pupitres)

1. pupil's desk, school desk
2. console, control panel
3. music stand

Descendants

• → Russian: пюпи́тр (pjupítr)
• → Spanish: pupitre
  • → Catalan: pupitre
• → Ukrainian: пюпі́тр (pjupítr)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin pulpitumslbor.

French pupitrebor.

Spanish pupitre

Borrowed from French pupitre. Doublet of púlpito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈpitɾe/ [puˈpi.t̪ɾe]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -itɾe
• Syllabification: pu‧pi‧tre

Noun

pupitre m (plural pupitres)

1. a student desk

   Synonym: (Mexico) mesabanco

Descendants

• → Catalan: pupitre

Further reading

• “pupitre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025