POIL

Meaning of POIL in English

/poyl/ , n.

a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.

[ pilus hair ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

POIL — ˈpȯi(ə)l noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, literally, hair, from Latin pilus — more at pile : a thread of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POIL — ворс ordinary poil
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POIL — ворс - ordinary poil
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
POIL — ворс - ordinary poil
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
POIL — ворс ordinary poil
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POILU — noun Etymology: French, from ~ hairy, from Middle French, from poil hair, from Old French peil, Latin pilus Date: 1914 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PELAGE — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from poil hair, from Old French peil, from Latin pilus Date: circa 1828 the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BICHON FRISE — noun (plural bichons frises) Etymology: modification of French bichon à poil frisé curly-haired lapdog Date: 1966 any of a breed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BICHON FRISE — bē¦shōⁿfrēˈzā noun ( plural bichons frises or bichon frises -ōⁿfrēˈzā(z)) Etymology: modification of French bichon à poil frisé curly-furred lapdog …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POILU — (ˈ)pwä|lü, F pwȧlu̅e̅ noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from poilu hairy, from Middle French, from poil hair : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLEW — ˈplü noun ( -s ) Etymology: Canadian French pelu, adjective, hairy, from French pelu, poilu, from poil hair, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PELAGE — ˈpelij, -lēj noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Middle French, from poil hair (from Latin pilus ) + -age …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POILU — /pwah"looh/ ; Fr. /pwann lyuu"/ , n. , pl. poilus /-loohz/ ; Fr. /-lyuu"/ . a French common soldier. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PELAGE — — pelagial /peuh lay"jee euhl/ , adj. /pel"ij/ , n. the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POILU — noun Etymology: French, from poilu hairy, from Middle French, from poil hair, from Old French peil , Latin pilus Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PELAGE — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from poil hair, from Old French peil, from Latin pilus Date: circa 1828 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BICHON FRISE — noun ( plural bi·chons fri·ses -ˌshōⁿ-frē-ˈzā(z)) Etymology: modification of French bichon à poil frisé curly-haired lapdog Date: 1966 : any …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLEW — [ plu: ] ■ noun N. Amer. historical a beaver skin. Origin C19: from Canad. Fr. pélu 'hairy', from Fr. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
POILU — [poi.lu] n [F, fr. poilu hairy, fr. MF, fr. poil hair, fr. L pilus] (1914): a French soldier; esp: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PELAGE — [pel.age] n [F, fr. MF, fr. poil hair, fr. L pilus] (ca. 1828): the hairy covering of a mammal
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BICHON FRISE — [bi.chon fri.se] n, pl bi.chons fri.ses [modif. of F bichon a poil frise curly-haired lapdog] (1966): any of a breed …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RENARD, JULES — born Feb. 22, 1864, Chlons-sur-Mayenne, Fr. died May 22, 1910, Paris French writer best known for Poil de carotte (1894; …
Britannica English vocabulary
DUVIVIER, JULIEN (HENRI NICOLAS) — born Oct. 8, 1896, Lille, Fr. died Oct. 29, 1967, Paris motion-picture director who emerged as one of the Big …
Britannica English vocabulary
POILU — n. hist. a French private soldier, esp. as a nickname. [F, lit. hairy f. poil hair]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PILE — n. 1 the soft projecting surface on velvet, plush, etc., or esp. on a carpet; nap. 2 soft hair or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PELAGE — n. the fur, hair, wool, etc. of a mammal. [F f. poil hair]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POILU — n. hist. a French private soldier, esp. as a nickname. [ F, lit. hairy f. poil hair ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PILE — n. 1 the soft projecting surface on velvet, plush, etc., or esp. on a carpet; nap. 2 soft hair or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PELAGE — n. the fur, hair, wool, etc. of a mammal. [ F f. poil hair ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POILU — n. hist. a French private soldier, esp. as a nickname. Etymology: F, lit. hairy f. poil hair
Oxford English vocab
PILE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a heap of things laid or gathered upon one another (a pile of leaves). …
Oxford English vocab

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