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noun, feminine

poire

/pwaʁ/

noun, feminine/pwaʁ/plural: poires

pear; mug, sucker, soft touch; mush, face; a bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper; pear brandy

en pleine poirestraight in the face

Inherited from Old French peire, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, considered as a feminine singular.