pollancre

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from pollanca < pollanc, from poll (“poplar”), from Vulgar Latin *pōclus, from alteration and contraction of Latin pōpulus (“poplar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈʎaŋ.kɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈʎaŋ.kɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poˈʎaŋ.kɾe]

Noun

pollancre m (plural pollancres)

1. any poplar tree, especially the black poplar (Populus nigra)

   Coordinate term: àlber

2. poplar wood

Derived terms

• pollancreda
• pollancró

Further reading

• “pollancre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pollancre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pollancre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.