peau

From Middle French peau, from Old French pel, from Latin pellis, pellem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

• IPA^(key): /po/

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• Homophones: peaux, Pô, pot, pots
• Rhymes: -o

peau f (plural peaux)

1. skin of a person or animal

   Synonym: épiderme

2. hide, fur
3. skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit)
4. pellicule formed on top of certain prepared foods

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

• “peau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French pel.

peau f (plural peaux or peaulx)

1. skin

• French: peau