pucel

English

Noun

pucel (plural pucels)

  1. Obsolete form of pucelle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pucel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

Diminutive of pūca (“devil, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“goblin, imp”), equivalent to pūca +‎ -el. Cognate with Danish pokker (“devil, deuce”). More at puck.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpuː.kel/

Noun

pūcel m

  1. a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit

Declension
Declension of pucel (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative pūcel pūclas
accusative pūcel pūclas
genitive pūcles pūcla
dative pūcle pūclum

Descendants
  • Middle English: *poukel (found in names and compounds)

Old French

Etymology

Masculine form derived from the feminine pucele.

Noun

pucel m (oblique plural puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative singular puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative plural pucel)

  1. young, unmarried man
  2. (by extension) virgin (male person who has ever had sexual relations)

Declension
  Declension of pucel  
Number Case Masculine Feminine
Singular Subject pucels pucele
Oblique pucel pucele
Plural Subject pucel puceles
Oblique pucels puceles

Descendants
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