poireau

common nounadjective

Syllable Decomposition

poireau

formerly por, then porreau, from the Latin porrum. The alteration of porreau to poireau first occurred in the Paris region, probably under the influence of the word poire; but porreau is still alive in regional dialects.

Definitions

botanique

Synonym

Plural

poireaux

Hyperonyms

monocotylédoneliliacéesamaryllidacée

Translations

  • germangerman:Porree
  • englishenglish:leek
  • arabicarabic:كراث
  • chinesechinese:韭葱
  • koreankorean:
  • danishdanish:porre
  • spanishspanish:puerro
  • finnishfinnish:purjo
  • greekgreek:πράσο
  • italianitalian:porro
  • japanesejapanese:
  • dutchdutch:prei
  • polishpolish:por
  • portugueseportuguese:alho-porro
  • swedishswedish:purjolök
  • thaithai:กระเทียมต้น
  • turkishturkish:pırasa

See also

poireauter (v.) poiroter (v.) poirauter (v.) poireautage (cn.)