poirée

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French poiree, from a variant of which also French poireau (“leek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwa.ʁe/

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Noun

poirée f (plural poirées)

1. chard (type of beet)

Further reading

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