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puce

Meaninga flea

Common meaning: a brownish purple

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchpulcesource
  2. Frenchpuce‘a flea’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa flea → a brownish purplepuce‘a brownish purple’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old French pulce ‘a flea’.

Roots

  • pulce Old French “a flea”

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