poétiquement (-tik-mān), adv., poetically.
poétiser, v.n., ☉to versify, to poetize; to make poetical.
poids (poâ), n.m., weight; heaviness; gravity; burden, load; moment, importance, consequence, consideration. Le — d’un fardeau; the weight of a burden. Cela est de —; that is full weight. Un — de dix livres; a ten-pound weight. Avoir du —; to weigh; (fig.) to be influential, to have influence. Faire bon —; to give good weight. Vendre une chose au — de l’or; to sell a thing extremely dear. Le — des affaires; the burden of affairs.
*poignant, -e, adj., poignant; acute, keen; stinging; painful, sad.
*poignard, n.m., poniard, dagger. Coup de —; stab. Ce fut un coup de — pour elle; she was cut to the quick by it, it was a crushing blow for her.
*poignarder, v.a., to poniard, to stab, to wound, to grieve to the heart; to kill.
se poignarder, v.r., to stab one’s self.
poigne, n.f., (pop.) grasp, gripe, clutch; (fig.) strength, vigor.
*poignée, n.f., handful; handle; hilt (of swords); bunch (of keys); shake (of the hand). À —s; by handfuls. Jeter de l’argent à —; to throw money about like shells. Prendre à —; to grasp tightly.
*poignet, n.m., wrist; wrist-band (of linen); cuff (of a gown).