poudre à canon
French, noun/pu.dʁ‿a ka.nɔ̃/
poudre à canon is a French feminine noun meaning “gunpowder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mélange explosif composé de salpêtre, de soufre et de charbon de bois”.
What does poudre à canon mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegunpowder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mélange explosif composé de salpêtre, de soufre et de charbon de bois.
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 poudre à canon
- poudres à canon plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poudre à canon?
- /pu.dʁ‿a ka.nɔ̃/
- \pu.dʁ‿a ka.nɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poudre à canon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.