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Puce
I can make no sense of the word "puce". Here how it is used in this sentence,"...Sauf le marche aux puce peut-etre. (with a ^ over the e in etre) Can someone please translate this in English?
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EducatorPermalink Reply by George Hunt on -
"puce" means "flea" and so "marché aux puces" translates as "flea market".
Perhaps you tried "marche aux puce" in the online translation instead of "marché aux puces" ? That only gives you gibberish"
So your sentence should read "Sauf le marché aux puces peut-etre" which means "except the flea market ,maybe."
By the way "ma puce" is also a term of endearment worth knowing.
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Permalink Reply by Christine on
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In another context, it can also be a (micro)chip. And we also have the colour puce, same as in English. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Ginger Abney on
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Thank you George, now this makes sense. I think it too was the way I typed it, without being able to put the dicritical marks on "marche" and leaving off the s on puces. "ma puce", I did see in the dictionary ma sweetheart.
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