Similar words
Similar in other languages
German
Balken
Balken is the German word for the same thing — both mean "beam."
Spanish
madero
madero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "beam."
Spanish
viga
viga is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "beam."
Portuguese
viga
viga is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "beam."
Practice
1 What does poutre mean?
beam
2 Fill the gap: La ___ en bois traverse tout le plafond.
Full sentence: La poutre en bois traverse tout le plafond. (The wooden beam runs across the whole ceiling.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches poutre?
poutre: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.