poil

See also: poił and Póil

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin pilus.

Noun

poil m (plural poils)

1. a hair on the body

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French

Etymology

From an earlier Old French peil, from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwal/

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Noun

poil m (plural poils)

1. hair (on the body)
2. bristle (on a brush)

Derived terms

• à poil
• poilu

See also

• cheveu

Further reading

• “poil” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• poli

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Irish

Noun

poil m

1. inflection of pol:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
poil	phoil	bpoil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.