"Poirot" meaning in French

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Proper name

IPA: /pwa.ʁo/
Etymology: Middle French Poirot. From a variant of Pierrot: Pierre (“Peter”) + -ot (equivalent of the English Petey, Pete.) Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|Poirot}} Middle French Poirot, {{af|fr|-ot}} -ot, {{gloss|equivalent of the English Petey, Pete.}} (equivalent of the English Petey, Pete.) Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|mfbysense}} Poirot m or f by sense
  1. Poirot: a surname transferred from the given name Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Derived forms: de Poirot, De Poirot, DePoirot, dePoirot, Depoirot
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