peltre

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛw.tɾi/ [ˈpɛʊ̯.tɾi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛw.tɾe/ [ˈpɛʊ̯.tɾe]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛl.tɾɨ/ [ˈpɛɫ.tɾɨ]

Hyphenation: pel‧tre

Noun

peltre m (plural peltres)

pewter (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)

Spanish

Etymology

From either Catalan or Occitan peltre, from Vulgar Latin *piltrum, of uncertain ultimate origin. Compare Portuguese peltre.

Noun

peltre m (plural peltres)

pewter (tin alloy)

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “peltre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 467

Further reading

“peltre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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