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noun, masculine

poireau

/pwa.ʁo/

noun, masculine/pwa.ʁo/plural: poireaux

leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum); cock, dick

Il est en train de s'astiquer le poireau.He’s beating his meat.

From the form porreau (probably influenced by poire), from a diminutive of the Old French por (cf. poiree, poree, poret), from Latin porrum. Compare Norman pouothé and Walloon porea.