Grammatical class

Noun

poing

fist

Details

Syllables

poing

Phonetics

pwɛ̃

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

1125

Freq. (movies)

3087

Freq. (news)

4826

Sentences

Tom évita le coup de poing de Marie.

Tom ducked Mary's punch.

A1

Tu dois taper du poing sur la table.

You need to put your foot down.

A1

Tom a cogné la table avec son poing.

Tom banged the table with his fist.

A1

Je veux te mettre mon poing à la figure.

I want to punch you in the face.

A1

Il frappa la table du poing.

He banged the table with his fist.

A2

Je l'ai frappée avec mon poing.

I hit her with my fist.

A2

Il frappa du poing sur la table.

He banged on the table with his fist.

B1

Ziri donna un coup de poing à Rima.

Ziri punched Rima.

B1

Un poing fermé peut être une indication de stress.

A closed fist can indicate stress.

B1

Elle leva le poing, comme si elle voulait me frapper.

She raised her fist as if to hit me.

B1

Les policiers se sont approchés du suspect, armes au poing.

The police approached the suspect with their guns drawn.

B2

Penses-tu que les armes de poing devraient être rendues illégales ?

Do you think that handguns should be made illegal?

B2