puça

See also: puca, puçá, and púca

Catalan

Alternative forms

pulça

Etymology

From Old Catalan puça~pulça, probably back-formed from pulces, the plural of pulç, from Latin pūlicem. Compare Occitan piuse, French puce.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.sə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.sa/
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Noun

puça f (plural puces)

flea

Related terms

pugó

References

“puça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“puça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

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Verb

puça

third-person singular past historic of pucer

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