punaise
See also: punaisé
French
editEtymology
editFrom the feminine of punais (“having a foul odor”), from Vulgar Latin *pūtināsius, from Latin puteō + nāsus, based on nāriputēns.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpunaise f (plural punaises)
- (entomology) bug, stinkbug; true bug (a member of order Heteroptera)
- bedbug
- tack, thumbtack, drawing pin
- (colloquial, derogatory) a worthless woman (a term of abuse)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: punese
- → Ottoman Turkish: پونز (pünez)
- Turkish: pünez
- → Persian: پونز (punez)
- →⇒ Polish: pinezka
- → Romanian: piuneză
Verb
editpunaise
- inflection of punaiser:
Interjection
editpunaise
- (colloquial) Euphemistic form of putain; darn, shoot, shucks
Further reading
edit- “punaise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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