puce

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) flea
2. (feminine) chip (electronics), silicon chip
3. (feminine) bullet
4. (endearing, feminine) sweetie (used to address a young girl, or a woman one is romantically involved with)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of pucer:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of pucer:

Concepts

flea

chip

bullet

louse

die

💀

fleck

lice

microchip

scrap

bullet character

Siphonaptera

aphaniptera

bit

chigoe flea

bug

🐛

chigger

flake

fleas

Synonyms

Siphonaptera

copeau

éclat

fragment

morceau

pastille

peu

pou

démolition

image de la puce

aphaniptera

aphaniptères

siphonaptères

siphonaptera

déchirage

bribe

punaisedomain:zool

Translations

Floh

pulce

pulga

pulga

vlo

pire

ψύλλος

puça

pulex

برغوث

kêç

piuse

nièra

chip

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pys/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: puce

Inherited from Latin: pūlex

In summary

Inherited from Old French puce, pulce, from Latin pūlicem, the accusative form of pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”).