"puce" meaning in English

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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. 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)
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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 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 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, Pinks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 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: 52 48 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: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pinks: 54 46

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pjuːs/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpjʉs/",
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        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-uːs"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "persbruin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "tmavě fialová"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "punaisenruskea"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "erythrómavro",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ερυθρόμαυρο"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あんせきしょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ansekishoku",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "暗赤色"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dypt rødt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ildrødt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loppefarge"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mørkt purpurrødt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rødbrunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cor de pulga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "dark puce",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "colour",
      "translation": "dark puce",
      "word": "granate"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwineugoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glasgoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piws"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puce"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/uːs/1 syllable",
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    "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",
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    "en:Purples"
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      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
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    }
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      "form": "pucer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "pucest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of a brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish."
      ],
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        [
          "brownish",
          "brownish"
        ],
        [
          "purple",
          "purple"
        ],
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          "color",
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        ],
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        ],
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        ]
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      "tags": [
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        "Scotland"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "tmavě fialový"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "punaisenruskea"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "erythrómavros",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ερυθρόμαυρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "ruachorcra"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あんせきしょくの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ansekishoku no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "暗赤色の"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "dyp rød"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "ildrød"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "loppefarget"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "mørk purpurrød"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "rødbrun"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "gwineugoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "glasgoch"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "piws"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puce"
}

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