poupée

From Middle French poupée, from Old French poupee, popede (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupāta), or Vulgar Latin *puppa (with the French suffix -ée later added), ultimately from Latin pūpa (“girl; doll, puppet”).

• IPA^(key): /pu.pe/

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poupée f (plural poupées)

1. doll (object)

• poupée de chiffon
• poupard
• poupin
• poupon

• Vietnamese: búp bê

• “poupée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).