pieuvre

Betekenis (Engels)

octopus

Geslag

♀️ Vroulik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pjœvʁ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Guernsey Norman pieuvre (introduced or popularised by Victor Hugo; cf. also Old Northern French puerve). Ultimately from Latin polypūs, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “several feet”). Doublet of poulpe.

Sinne

Pour croire à la pieuvre , il faut l’avoir vue .

To believe in the octopus, you have to have seen it.