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

  Middle French: Poictiers m

  Old French: Peitiers 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

From Poitier +‎ -s.

Proper noun

Poitiers

1. plural of Poitier

French

Etymology

Inherited from 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