"puce" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pys/ Audio: Fr-puce.ogg Forms: puces [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French puce, pulce, from Latin pūlicem, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|puce|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French puce, {{inh+|fr|fro|puce}} Inherited from Old French puce, {{m|fro|pulce}} pulce, {{inh|fr|la|pūlex|pūlicem}} Latin pūlicem, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*plúsis|t=flea}} Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} puce f (plural puces)
  1. flea Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-puce-fr-noun-4bYHLAKf
  2. chip (electronics), silicon chip Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-puce-fr-noun-J39YOAaR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 38 5 12 28 14
  3. (typography) bullet Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-puce-fr-noun-7RLrIAAP Topics: media, publishing, typography
  4. (endearing) sweetie (used to address a young girl, or to address a woman one is romantically involved with) Tags: endearing, feminine
    Sense id: en-puce-fr-noun--VZyu5i5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: excité comme une puce, marché aux puces, mettre la puce à l’oreille, puces savantes, sac à puces, saut de puce, secouer les puces

Verb

IPA: /pys/ Audio: Fr-puce.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French puce, pulce, from Latin pūlicem, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|puce|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French puce, {{inh+|fr|fro|puce}} Inherited from Old French puce, {{m|fro|pulce}} pulce, {{inh|fr|la|pūlex|pūlicem}} Latin pūlicem, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*plúsis|t=flea}} Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”) Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} puce
  1. inflection of pucer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-puce-fr-verb-2dAeHHjS
  2. inflection of pucer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-puce-fr-verb-Fj-JLw0X

Inflected forms

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