"poussière" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pu.sjɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-poussière.ogg Forms: poussières [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French pousiere, derived from pous, from Vulgar Latin *pulvus, neuter form derived from Latin pulvis m. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|pousiere|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French pousiere, {{inh+|fr|fro|pousiere}} Inherited from Old French pousiere, {{der|fr|VL.|*pulvus}} Vulgar Latin *pulvus, {{der|fr|la|pulvis|g=m}} Latin pulvis m Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} poussière f (plural poussières)
  1. dust Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-poussière-fr-noun-q7MnARF9
  2. speck of dust Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-poussière-fr-noun-rATPfiU1
  3. (plural only) very little; next to nothing Tags: feminine, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-poussière-fr-noun-ZvYv9tfl Categories (other): French pluralia tantum, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 7 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: et des poussières, faire les poussières, mordre la poussière, poussiéreux, prendre la poussière Related terms: poudre

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "et des poussières"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mordre la poussière"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la poussière"
    }
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      "text": "Haitian Creole: pousyè"
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        "4": "",
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          "text": "des nuages de poussière cosmique",
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          "english": "If I had to do it all over again […] I'd follow my footsteps in the dust.",
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          "english": "Is dust all that's left once love is gone?",
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        "very little; next to nothing"
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          "next to nothing"
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        "(plural only) very little; next to nothing"
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    },
    {
      "word": "faire les poussières"
    },
    {
      "word": "mordre la poussière"
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      "word": "prendre la poussière"
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          "english": "If I had to do it all over again […] I'd follow my footsteps in the dust.",
          "ref": "2018, Zaz, Si c'était à refaire:",
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          "little",
          "little"
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