Noun: pourceau
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | pourceau |
| Plural m | pourceaux |
Sample Sentences
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jeter des perles aux pourceaux (to cast pearls before swine)
Nouns inflected like pourceau
renouveau,
pocheteau,
berceau,
métamatériau,
ypréau,
ypreau,
chaudeau,
lanterneau,
lapineau,
bordeau,
lapereau,
bouleau,
paonneau,
bandeau,
barreau,
bardeau,
barbeau,
zoziau,
mâtineau,
colineau, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French pourcel, purcel, from Late Latin porcellus, diminutive of Latin porcus. See: Latin Nouns '
porcus'.
Verbs referencing "pourceau"
Catalan Nouns
porcell.
Translations