poing

Inherited from Middle French poing (“fist”), from Old French poing (“hand”), from Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, *puḱnos, from *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”).

• IPA^(key): /pwɛ̃/

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• Homophones: point, points

poing m (plural poings)

1. fist

• “poing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French poing, from Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-.

poing m (plural poings)

1. fist
2. hand
3. handle
4. claw

• French: poing

• poing on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (poing)

From Old French poing (“hand”), from Latin pugnus.

poing m (plural poings)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) fist

• co d'poing (“punch”, noun)
• pouongnie (“handful”)

From Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu(i̯)ɲ/

poing oblique singular, m (oblique plural poinz, nominative singular poinz, nominative plural poing)

1. hand
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Maintenant la prist par le poing

     Now, he takes her by the hand

• Middle French: poing
  • French: poing
• Norman: poing
• Walloon: pougn