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les poteaux

poles, posts, goalposts

→ poteau
poteau pole, post + x Plural
noun · plural masculine Rare #45,364
poles, posts Plural of poteau; the exact translation depends on what the pole or post supports.
FR: Les poteaux soutiennent le toit.
EN: The posts support the roof.
goalposts In sports, especially soccer, poteaux de but means “goalposts.”
FR: Le ballon passe entre les poteaux.
EN: The ball goes between the goalposts.
Declension of poteau
poteaupoteaux

Nous avons tendu un câble entre deux poteaux.

We stretched a cable between two poles.

Il m'a dit que j'avais des cuisses comme des poteaux.

He told me I had thighs like tree trunks.

— Love Actually (2003)

Accrochez-le à ces poteaux jusqu'à ce qu'il dise où est allée la Sorcière.

Tie him to these poles until he says where the Witch went.

— Wicked : Partie II (2025)

Cher Sam, tu peins très bien, surtout les arbres et les poteaux téléphoniques.

Dear Sam, you paint very well, especially trees and telephone poles.

— Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Entre les poteaux de but.

Between the goalposts.

— Picnic (1955)