puce

See also: pucé, puče, pūce, pūcē, and pucē

English

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Etymology

From FrenchCategory:English terms derived from French#PUCE couleur puceCategory:French links with ignored alt parameters#PUCECategory:English undefined derivations#PUCE, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#PUCE pūlex (“flea”)Category:English undefined derivations#PUCE.

Pronunciation

Noun

puce (countable and uncountable, plural puces)Category:English lemmas#PUCECategory:English nouns#PUCECategory:English uncountable nouns#PUCECategory:English countable nouns#PUCECategory:English countable nouns#PUCECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PUCECategory:Pages with entries#PUCECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PUCE

  1. A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
    puce:  
    dark puce:  

Translations

Adjective

puce (comparative pucer, superlative pucest)Category:English lemmas#PUCECategory:English adjectives#PUCECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PUCECategory:Pages with entries#PUCECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PUCE

  1. Of a brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.

Descendants

Translations

See also

Category:en:Pinks#PUCECategory:en:Purples#PUCE

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#PUCECategory:French terms derived from Old French#PUCE puce, pulce, from LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Latin#PUCECategory:French terms derived from Latin#PUCE pūlicem, the accusative form of pūlex, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#PUCECategory:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PUCE *plúsis (“flea”).

Pronunciation

Noun

puce f (plural puces)Category:French lemmas#PUCECategory:French nouns#PUCECategory:French countable nouns#PUCECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PUCECategory:French feminine nouns#PUCECategory:Pages with entries#PUCECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PUCE

  1. flea
  2. chip (electronics), silicon chip
  3. (typographyCategory:fr:Typography#PUCE) bullet
  4. (endearingCategory:French endearing terms#PUCE) sweetie (used to address a young girl, or a woman one is romantically involved with)

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

puceCategory:French non-lemma forms#PUCECategory:French verb forms#PUCECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PUCECategory:Pages with entries#PUCECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PUCE

  1. inflection of pucer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#PUCECategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#PUCE *pǫtьce, a deminutive form of Proto-SlavicCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#PUCECategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#PUCE *pǫto. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

pȕce n (Cyrillic spelling пу̏це)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#PUCECategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#PUCECategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#PUCECategory:Serbo-Croatian neuter nouns#PUCECategory:Pages with entries#PUCECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PUCE

  1. button
Declension
Declension of puce
singular plural
nominative pȕce pucèta
genitive pȕceta pucétā
dative pȕcetu pucètima
accusative pȕce pucèta
vocative pȕce pucèta
locative pȕcetu pucètima
instrumental pȕcetom pucètima

References

  1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016–2021), “puce”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume [], Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 253

Further reading

  • “puce”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
  • Skok, Petar (1972), “puce”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 65

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

puce (Cyrillic spelling пуце)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#PUCECategory:Serbo-Croatian noun forms#PUCECategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian noun form entries#PUCECategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#PUCECategory:Pages with entries#PUCECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PUCE

  1. inflection of puca:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Category:English 1-syllable words Category:English adjectives Category:English countable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English terms derived from French Category:English terms derived from Latin Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English terms with quotations Category:English uncountable nouns Category:English undefined derivations Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:French 1-syllable words Category:French countable nouns Category:French endearing terms Category:French feminine nouns Category:French lemmas Category:French links with ignored alt parameters Category:French non-lemma forms Category:French nouns Category:French terms derived from Latin Category:French terms derived from Old French Category:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:French terms inherited from Latin Category:French terms inherited from Old French Category:French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation Category:French terms with audio pronunciation Category:French terms with homophones Category:French verb forms Category:Pages with 3 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned Category:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian noun form entries Category:Rhymes:English/uːs Category:Rhymes:English/uːs/1 syllable Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas Category:Serbo-Croatian neuter nouns Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms Category:Serbo-Croatian noun forms Category:Serbo-Croatian nouns Category:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic Category:Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations Category:Terms with Czech translations Category:Terms with Finnish translations Category:Terms with Greek translations Category:Terms with Irish translations Category:Terms with Japanese translations Category:Terms with Norwegian translations Category:Terms with Portuguese translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Terms with Welsh translations Category:en:Pinks Category:en:Purples Category:fr:Typography