poitriner
French, verb/pwa.tʁi.ne/
poitriner is spelled P-O-I-T-R-I-N-E-R (9 letters). Poitriner is a French verb meaning “to sing with a chest voice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chanter avec une voix de poitrine”.
What does poitriner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sing with a chest voice
- 2
to keep one's cards close to one's chest
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Chanter avec une voix de poitrine. 2. Rabattre les cartes sur sa poitrine pour les cacher. 3. Plastronner.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of poitriner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- poitrinant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- poitriné participle past
- poitrine first-person indicative present
- poitrines indicative present second-person
- poitrinons first-person indicative plural
- poitrinez indicative plural present
- poitrinent indicative plural present
- poitrinais first-person imperfect indicative
- poitrinait imperfect indicative singular
- poitrinions first-person imperfect indicative
- poitriniez imperfect indicative plural
- poitrinaient imperfect indicative plural
- poitrinai first-person historic indicative
- poitrinas historic indicative past
- poitrina historic indicative past
- poitrinâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poitriner?
- /pwa.tʁi.ne/
- \pwa.tʁi.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.