"puce" meaning in English

See puce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pjuːs/, /ˈpjʉs/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puce.wav Forms: pucer [comparative], pucest [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːs Etymology: From French couleur puce, from Latin pūlex (“flea”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|couleur puce|flea-colored}} French couleur puce, {{uder|en|la|pūlex||flea}} Latin pūlex (“flea”) Head templates: {{en-adj|pucer}} puce (comparative pucer, superlative pucest)
  1. Of a brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish. Categories (topical): Pinks, Purples Translations (colour): tmavě fialový (Czech), punaisenruskea (Finnish), ερυθρόμαυρος (erythrómavros) [masculine] (Greek), ruachorcra (Irish), 暗赤色の (ansekishoku no) (alt: あんせきしょくの) (Japanese), dyp rød (Norwegian), ildrød (Norwegian), loppefarget (Norwegian), mørk purpurrød (Norwegian), rødbrun (Norwegian), gwineugoch (Welsh), glasgoch (Welsh), piws (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-puce-en-adj-dzsjVN3x Disambiguation of Pinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Purples: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 51 49

Noun

IPA: /pjuːs/, /ˈpjʉs/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puce.wav Forms: puces [plural]
Rhymes: -uːs Etymology: From French couleur puce, from Latin pūlex (“flea”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|couleur puce|flea-colored}} French couleur puce, {{uder|en|la|pūlex||flea}} Latin pūlex (“flea”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} puce (countable and uncountable, plural puces)
  1. A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pinks, Purples Translations (colour): persbruin (Afrikaans), tmavě fialová (Czech), punaisenruskea (Finnish), ερυθρόμαυρο (erythrómavro) [neuter] (Greek), 暗赤色 (ansekishoku) (alt: あんせきしょく) (Japanese), dypt rødt [neuter] (Norwegian), ildrødt [neuter] (Norwegian), loppefarge [masculine] (Norwegian), mørkt purpurrødt [neuter] (Norwegian), rødbrunt [neuter] (Norwegian), cor de pulga [feminine] (Portuguese), granate (english: dark puce) (Spanish), gwineugoch [masculine] (Welsh), glasgoch [masculine] (Welsh), piws [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-puce-en-noun-bjlxfkg9 Disambiguation of Pinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Purples: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 51 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "For blacks, browns, puces, and violets, the acetate or tartrate of iron must be employed.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish."
      ],
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          "brown",
          "brown"
        ],
        [
          "purple",
          "purple"
        ],
        [
          "color",
          "color"
        ],
        [
          "red",
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        ],
        [
          "grayish",
          "grayish"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/pjuːs/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpjʉs/",
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        "Scotland"
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    }
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "persbruin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "tmavě fialová"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "punaisenruskea"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "erythrómavro",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ερυθρόμαυρο"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あんせきしょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ansekishoku",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "暗赤色"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dypt rødt"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ildrødt"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loppefarge"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mørkt purpurrødt"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "cor de pulga"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "english": "dark puce",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "granate"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "colour",
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      "sense": "colour",
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      ],
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    }
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}

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    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "tmavě fialový"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "punaisenruskea"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "ruachorcra"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あんせきしょくの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ansekishoku no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "暗赤色の"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "dyp rød"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "ildrød"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "loppefarget"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "mørk purpurrød"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "rødbrun"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "gwineugoch"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "glasgoch"
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}

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