pollancre
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Probably from pollanca < pollanc, from poll (“poplar”), from Vulgar Latin *pōclus, from alteration and contraction of Latin pōpulus (“poplar”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [puˈʎaŋ.kɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [poˈʎaŋ.kɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [poˈʎaŋ.kɾe]
Noun edit
pollancre m (plural pollancres)
- any poplar tree, especially the black poplar (Populus nigra)
- Coordinate term: àlber
- poplar wood
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pollancre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pollancre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “pollancre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.