peutre

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *piltrum (“pewter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛu̯trə/, /ˈpɛu̯tər/[1]

Noun

peutre (plural peutres)

  1. pewter[2]

Descendants
  • English: pewter
  • Yola: peadher, pedher, pether

References
  1. Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 243, page 799.
  2. “peutre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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