pousse-pousse
French
editAlternative forms
edit- poussepousse (post-1990 spelling)
- pousse (short form)
Etymology
editFrom pousser (“to push”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpousse-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.