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feminine

/pwa.ɲe/

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Translation

handle; handful; poignée de main = handshake

Word origin

From poing ('fist'), from Latin pugnus. A poignée is literally as much as the fist can hold, or the part the fist grips.

Origin: Latin
Root: pugnus
English cognates: poignant, pugilist

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralpoignées

Examples

The door handle is broken.

He picked up a handful of sand.

They shook hands.

Only a handful of people were there.

The bag's handles are too short.

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This word is part of lesson 58.