puça

See also: puca, puçá, and púca

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pulça, formed from the plural of pulçe, from Latin pūlicem, singular accusative of pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”). Compare Occitan piusa, French puce, Spanish pulga.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.sə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.sa/

Noun

puça f (plural puces)

flea

Further reading

“puça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Verb

puça

third-person singular past historic of pucer

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