paupière

See also: paupiere

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *palpetra, variant of Latin palpebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.pjɛʁ/

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Noun

paupière f (plural paupières)

1. eyelid

Derived terms

• s’en battre la paupière

Further reading

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