puceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French couleur puce, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).

発音

• IPA: /pjuːs/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA: /ˈpjʉs/
• 韻: -uːs

名詞

puce (countable and uncountable, plural puces)

1. A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.

   puce:  

   dark puce:  

   • 1881, Alvin Wood Chase, Dr. Chase's Recipes Or, Information for Everybody, page 596:

     For blacks, browns, puces, and violets, the acetate or tartrate of iron must be employed.

形容詞

puce (comparative pucer, superlative pucest)

1. Of a brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.

派生した語

• → Welsh: piws

参考

• Appendix:Colors