pousse-pousse
French edit
Alternative forms edit
- poussepousse (post-1990 spelling)
- pousse (short form)
Etymology edit
From pousser (“to push”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pousse-pousse m (plural pousse-pousse)
Descendants edit
- → Ottoman Turkish: پو̀سْپو̀سْ (puspus)
- ⇒ Turkish: çekçek
References edit
- ‘pousse-pousse’ in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française (9th Edition).
Further reading edit
- “pousse-pousse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.