Transcription
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- [pyoos]
- /pyus/
- /pjuːs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pyoos]
- /pyus/
Definitions of puce word
- adjective puce of a dark or brownish purple. 1
- noun puce a dark or brownish purple. 1
- noun puce colour: dark purple 1
- adjective puce dark purple 1
- colour puce Something that is puce is a dark purple colour. 0
- noun puce a colour varying from deep red to dark purplish-brown 0
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Origin of puce
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
1780-90; < French: literally, flea < Latin pūlic-, stem of pūlex
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Parts of speech for Puce
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
puce popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
puce usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for puce
adj puce
- bayer — reddish brown.
- bayest — reddish brown.
- bister — a yellowish-brown to dark-brown pigment made from the soot of burned wood
- bricker — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- brown — Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
noun puce
- bittersweet — If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones.
- blusher — Blusher is a coloured substance that women put on their cheeks.
- burgundy — Burgundy is used to describe things that are purplish-red in colour.
- cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- cerise — Something that is cerise is a bright pinkish red.
adjective puce
- bay — A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards.
- coffee — Coffee is a hot drink made with water and ground or powdered coffee beans.
- dust — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- ecru — very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.
- fawn — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
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