pieuvre

Significat

octopus

Gènere

♀️ Femení

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pjœvʁ/

Etimologia

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.

Sents

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

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