puy

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See also: púy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French puy. Doublet of podium.

Pronunciation

Noun

puy (plural puys)

  1. Any of several cone-shaped hills in the Auvergne, France that are the remains of extinct volcanos
  2. (geology) Any similar conical structure of volcanic material

Further reading

Anagrams

French

le puy de Sancy

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French puy, from Old French puy (“hill, height”), pui, from Latin podium. Its current use as a regionalism referring to certain geographic features may be taken at least in part from Franco-Provençal; cf. also Occitan puèg and Catalan puig. In Old French, it had a somewhat different or more varied set of meanings (cf. also the feminine puie, puye, poye (“balustrade”), whence English pew through Anglo-Norman), later coming to be applied to mountains and hills especially in the Auvergne region and Massif Central, the remains of extinct volcanoes. Doublet of the later borrowing podium.

Pronunciation

Noun

puy m (plural puys)

  1. (geology, regional) mountain, hill
    Synonym: montagne

Further reading

Highland Popoluca

Etymology

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Noun

puy

  1. foot

Derived terms

References

  • Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 99
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