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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *piltrum (“pewter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛu̯trə/, /ˈpɛu̯tər/
Noun
peutre (plural peutres)
- pewter
Descendants
References
- ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 243, page 799.
- ^ “peutre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.