See puce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"color"
],
[
"red",
"red"
],
[
"grayish",
"grayish"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pjuːs/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puce.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-puce.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-puce.wav.mp3",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpjʉs/",
"tags": [
"Northern-Ireland",
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːs"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "piws"
}
],
"word": "puce"
}
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