Meanings
poplar1
nounpoplar (countable and uncountable, plural poplars)
plural poplars
- uncountableWood from the poplar tree.
Poplar2
proper nounPoplar (countable and uncountable, plural Poplars)
plural Poplars
- A placename:
- countableuncountableA suburban area in East London, borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3780).
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Cass County, Minnesota, United States.
- countableuncountableA city in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, United States.
- countableuncountableA village in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.
- countableA surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
Similar
poplar tree
Broader
angiospermous treeflowering tree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
poplar · noun
- Latinpōpulus
- Old Frenchpoplier
- Anglo-Normanpopler
- Middle Englishpopler
- Englishpoplar
From Middle English popler, from Anglo-Norman popler and Old French poplier (compare French peuplier), from Latin pōpulus, with a suffix later added.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Poplar · proper noun
From poplar, also as a topographic surname for a person who lived by this tree.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans populier
- populierany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Ancient Greek αἴγειρος, λεύκη
- αἴγειρος (aígeiros)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
- λεύκη (leúkē)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Arabic حَوْر
- حَوْر (ḥawr)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Basque makal
- makalany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Bulgarian топола
- топола (topola)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Catalan pollancre, àlber
- pollancreany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
- àlberany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Chinese Mandarin 楊樹 /杨树
- 楊樹 /杨树 (yángshù)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Czech topol
- topolany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Danish poppel, poppeltræ
- poppelany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
- poppeltræany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Dutch populier
- populierany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Esperanto poplo
- poploany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Estonian pappel
- pappelany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Finnish poppeli
- poppeliany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
French peuplier
- peuplierany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
German Pappel
- Pappelany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Greek λεύκα
- λεύκα (léfka)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Hebrew צפצפה
- צפצפה (tzaftzafáh)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Hindi चिनार
- चिनार (cinār)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Hungarian nyár, nyárfa
- nyárany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
- nyárfaany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
- jegenyeany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Irish poibleog
- poibleogany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Italian pioppo
- pioppoany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Japanese ポプラ
- ポプラ (popura)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Korean 포플러
- 포플러 (popeulleo)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Latin pōpulus
- pōpulusany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Latvian papele
- papeleany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Lithuanian tuopa
- tuopaany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Māori pāpara
- pāparaany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Norwegian Bokmål poppel
- poppelany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Persian سپیدار, قواخ
- سپیدار (sepidâr)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
- قواخ (qavâx)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
- صنوبر (senowbar)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Polish topola
- topolaany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Portuguese choupo
- choupoany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Romanian plop
- plopany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Russian то́поль
- то́поль (tópolʹ)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Scottish Gaelic critheann
- critheannany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Slovak topoľ
- topoľany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Spanish álamo, chopo
- álamoany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
- chopoany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Swahili mpopla, mlibua
- mpoplaany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
- mlibuaany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Swedish poppel
- poppelany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Tagalog alamo
- alamoany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Turkish kavak
- kavakany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Ukrainian топо́ля
- топо́ля (topólja)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Vietnamese dương
- dươngany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Welsh poplys
- poplysany of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
Cite this entry
APA
poplar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poplar
MLA
“poplar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poplar. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poplar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poplar.
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