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Poudre

Pou′dre

,
Noun.
[See
Powder
.]
Dust; powder.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Poudre marchant
[see
Merchant
]
,
a kind of flavoring powder used in the Middle Ages.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


poudre

poudre

See also: poudré

French

Noun

poudre f (plural poudres)

  1. powder
  2. (obsolete) dust

Derived terms


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pulverem, accusative of pulvis.

Noun

poudre f (oblique plural poudres, nominative singular poudre, nominative plural poudres)

  1. powder
  2. dust

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