poteau

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French postiau, poteaul, from post, from Old French post, from Latin postis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔ.to/ Homophone: poteaux === Noun === poteau m (plural poteaux) post, pole, stake, stanchion, strut, standard, prop Synonym: pieu (sports) goalpost (France, slang) friend, buddy (Canada, politics) paper candidate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: poto === Further reading === “poteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012