puça

See also: puca, puçá, and púca

Catalan

Alternative forms

• pulça

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpu.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpu.sa]

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Noun

puça f (plural puces)

1. flea

Derived terms

• puça d'aigua
• puça de l'olivera
• puça de mar
• puça del gat
• puça humana
• pucer

 

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

1. third-person singular past historic of pucer