poids

== English == === Noun === poids plural of poid === Anagrams === Diops, iPods, dipso-, dispo, dipso == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French poix, from Old French pois, peis, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum. Spelling influenced by Latin pondus with the same meaning; both ultimately from the root of pendō (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensum, which was borrowed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pwa/ ~ /pwɑ/, /pwa/ Homophones: pois, poix === Noun === poids m (invariable) (literal and figurative) weight ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: pwa === Further reading === “poids”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012