pulex

Senso (Inglese)

flea

Concetti

pulce

pulci

sinonimi

pulix

Pulex irritans

Traduzioni

puce

flea

Floh

pulga

puça

ψύλλος

vlo

pire

pulga

برغوث

kêç

ψύλλοι

piusa

nièra

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈpuː.ɫɛks]

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”), with metathesis plus → pusl → pūl, with a suffix -ex, -icis also found in cīmex (“bug”) and culex (“gnat”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ψύλλα (psúlla), Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi), Old Armenian լու (lu) and Old English flēah, flēa (English flea).