Hadza

Noun

puche

1. spleen

Norman

Etymology

From Old French puce ‎(“flea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyʃ/

Noun

puche f ‎(plural puches)

1. (Jersey) flea

Derived terms

• hèrbe à puches ‎(“blue fleabane; wormwood”)
• puche dé tèrre ‎(“flea beetle”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• poche
• poque (Old Northern French)
• pouche
• puque (Old Northern French)

Etymology

From Frankish *pokka, *pukka ‎(“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *puk-, *pūka- ‎(“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *buk-, *bu-, *beu- ‎(“to blow, swell”).

Noun

puche f ‎(oblique plural puches, nominative singular puche, nominative plural puches)

1. bag

Derived terms

• pochete

Descendants

• English: pouch, poke (through the Old Northern French variant poque, Anglo-Norman poke)
• French: poche