pouce

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pouce, pouz, peuce, from Latin pollicem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pus/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -us
• Homophone: pousse, poussent, pousses

Noun

pouce m (plural pouces)

1. thumb
2. inch

Derived terms

• coup de pouce
• manger sur le pouce
• poucet
• sucer de son pouce
• se tourner les pouces

Related terms

• poucier

Interjection

pouce !

1. (games) stop!, wait!

Related terms

• dire pouce
• faire pouce

 

Further reading

• “pouce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• coupe, Coupe, coupé

Norman

Etymology

From Old French pouce (“thumb”), from Latin pollex, pollicem.

Noun

pouce m (plural pouces)

1. (Jersey) inch

Old French

Alternative forms

• pouz, peuce

Etymology

From Latin pollicem, accusative singular of pollex.

Noun

pouce oblique singular, m (oblique plural pouces, nominative singular pouces, nominative plural pouce)

1. thumb (anatomy)

Descendants

• French: pouce
• Norman: pouce