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puce

/pjuːs/
/ˈpjʉs/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -uːs

Where it comes from

From French couleur puce, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).

noun puces

countable, uncountable A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish. For blacks, browns, puces, and violets, the acetate or tartrate of iron must be employed.

adjective pucer · pucest

Of a brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.

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noun colour

Español	granate
日本語	暗赤色 ansekishoku
Português	cor de pulga
Ελληνικά	ερυθρόμαυρο erythrómavro

adj colour

日本語	暗赤色の ansekishoku no
Ελληνικά	ερυθρόμαυρος erythrómavros

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@misc{puce_2026,
  title = {puce},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puce},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}