poids

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

poids

from Latin popular pēsum, in Latin pensum (weight of wool that a slave had to spin in a day). The d is due to a false regression to the Latin word pondus ('weight').

Definitions

physique
métrologie
athlétisme

Translations

  • germangerman:Gewicht
  • englishenglish:shot
  • spanishspanish:bala
  • finnishfinnish:paino
  • greekgreek:βάρος
  • italianitalian:peso
  • dutchdutch:gewicht
  • russianrussian:вес
  • swedishswedish:kula

See also

pondérabilité (cn.) impondéré (adj.) pondéral (adj.) impondérable (adj.) pondération (cn.) pondérer (v.) pondérable (adj.) pondéré (adj.) impondérabilité (cn.)