Poitiers

Poitiers

English

Etymology 1

Directly borrowed from French Poitiers, Middle French Poictiers, from Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpwɑːtɪ.eɪ/, /ˈpwʌtɪ.eɪ/, enPR: pwäʹtē-ā, pwŭtʹē-ā
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpwɑti.eɪ/, /ˌpwɑtiˈeɪ/, enPR: pwäʹtē-ā, pwä'tē-āʹ
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Hyphenation: Poi‧ti‧eh

Proper noun

Poitiers

1. A city, the capital of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.

Related terms

• Poitevin
• poitevinite
• Poitou

 

Translations

city in Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

Armenian: Պուատիե (Puatie) Catalan: Piteus f, Peiteus f, Peiteu f Dutch: Poitiers n French: Poitiers (fr) m Old French: Peitiers m Middle French: Poictiers m Greek: Πουατιέ (el) n (Pouatié) Icelandic: Peituborg f Latin: Limōnum Pictāvium n, Limōnum n Occitan: Peitieus f Poitevin-Saintongeais: Poetàe ? Portuguese: Poitiers m Russian: Пуатье́ m (Puatʹjé)

Etymology 2

Poitier +‎ -s

Proper noun

Poitiers

1. plural of Poitier

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French

Etymology

Middle French Poictiers, from Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwa.tje/
• Rhymes: -e

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• Hyphenation: Poi‧tiers

Proper noun

Poitiers m

1. Poitiers (a city, the capital of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Related terms

• poitevin
• Poitevin m, Poitevine f
• Poitou m

Descendants

• English: Poitiers