noun, masculine/pwɛ̃/plural: poings
fist
Related: coup de poing, dormir à poings fermés, empoigner, montrer le poing, poignarder, poignée, poing américain, poing-à-poing, taper du poing sur la table
Inherited from Middle French poing (“fist”), from Old French poing (“hand”), from Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, *puḱnos, from *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”).