poing
French → English
noun//pwɛ̃//
(anatomy) Fist: a hand with the fingers closed tightly into the palm.
Le boxeur a serré le poing avant de frapper son adversaire.
(English) The boxer clenched his fist before hitting his opponent.
Il a frappé la table du poing pour demander le silence.
(English) He struck the table with his fist to demand silence.
noun//pwɛ̃//
(size) Fist-sized: used to describe the size of an object relative to a closed hand.
Le bébé tenait une petite pomme grosse comme le poing.
(English) The baby was holding a small apple as big as a fist.
Le chirurgien a retiré une tumeur de la taille d'un poing.
(English) The surgeon removed a tumor the size of a fist.
Entry ID: fr:en:poing · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary