puck

(Anglais)

Noun

1. (archaic) A mischievous or hostile spirit.
2. The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Verb

To hit, strike.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pʌk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pouke

Hérité de ancien anglais: pūca

Appartenant à vieux norrois: púki

Appartenant à suédois: puke

In summary

From Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), of uncertain origin.
Cognate with Old Norse púki (“devil”) (dialectal Swedish puke). Doublet of pooka.

Concepts

palet

rondelle

puck

galet

disque

lutin

👿

hockey

Synonymes

elf

🧝

hobgoblin

hockey

hockey puck

sprite

demon

disc

hob

discus

pug

rubber

salver

saucer

server

tray

waiter

wheel

🛞

caoutchouc

jinnee

clay pigeon

daemon

disk

genius

goblin

ice hockey

🏒

imp

👿

pixy

Traductions

Puck

puck

Eishockeyscheibe

Scheibe

disco

disco de hóquei

puck

disco

duende

disco

disco de goma

disco di gomma

disco da hockey su ghiaccio

σφαίρα

puck