overwordExplorer
FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

poutre.

beam, girder

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/putʁ/

  1. beam, girder

    feminine
    poutre à vive arête
    poutre apparente

  2. balance beam

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old French poutre, probably from apocope of an earlier *poutrelle, from a Vulgar Latin *pultrella < pulitrella from the feminine of Latin pullitrum, ultimately from pullus (“colt, youngling”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

poutre has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

poutre studiopoutre workshello, poutre

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.