pucel
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
pucel (plural pucels)
References[edit]
- “pucel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
pūcel m
- a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit
Declension[edit]
Declension of pucel (strong a-stem)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Masculine form derived from the feminine pucele.
Noun[edit]
pucel oblique singular, 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)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pucel
Descendants[edit]
- French: puceau
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