poisse

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

poisse

In fact, pitch was a kind of sticky glue made from pine resin, fir resin or wood tar. Its figurative meaning of bad luck (1908) is an allusion to this substance from which one cannot get free, just as one cannot get unstuck from persistent bad luck.

Definitions

Translations

  • germangerman:Pech
  • englishenglish:bad luck
  • spanishspanish:mala suerte
  • italianitalian:sfiga

See also

poissant (v.) poissez (v.) poissais (v.) poissions (v.) poissiez (v.) poissai (v.) poissas (v.) poissa (v.) poissâmes (v.) poissâtes (v.) poissèrent (v.) poisserai (v.) poisseras (v.) poissera (v.) poisserons (v.) poisserez (v.) poisseront (v.) poissasse (v.) poissasse (cn.) poissasses (v.)