putier

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French put, pute (“smelly, stinky, foul-smelling”) ( +‎ -ier), for the smell that comes from the leaves of this plant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.tje/

Noun

putier m (plural putiers)

1. bird cherry (Prunus padus)

Synonyms

• bois-puant
• cerisier à grappes
• merisier à grappes
• putet

Further reading

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