puce

puce  (pys)

n.

A deep red to dark grayish purple.

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[French (couleur) puce, flea (color), puce, from Old French, variant of pulce, flea, from Latin plex, plic-.]

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puce adj.

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puce [pjuːs]

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  a colour varying from deep red to dark purplish-brown

b.  (as adjective) a puce carpet

[shortened from French couleur puce flea colour, from Latin pūlex flea]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

puce - a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red brown, brownness - an orange of low brightness and saturation

Translations

puce [pjuːs]

A. N → color m castaño rojizo

B. ADJ → de color castaño rojizo; (with shame etc) → colorado

puce [ˈpjuːs] adj (= colour) → puce inv

puce

n → Braunrot nt

adj → braunrot; (fig: with rage, shame) → rot

puce [pjuːs] adj → color pulce inv

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puce [pjuːs] adj → color pulce inv