puce
French, noun
puce is spelled P-U-C-E (4 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puce is a French feminine noun meaning “flea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pucer. With an accent, pucé is a different word: “past participle of pucer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecte ectoparasite de très petite taille se déplaçant par saut et qui se nourrit du sang de divers animaux…”.
What does puce mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflea
- 2
femininechip (electronics), silicon chip
- 3
femininebullet
- 4
femininesweetie (used to address a young girl, or a woman one is romantically involved with)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of pucer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insecte ectoparasite de très petite taille se déplaçant par saut et qui se nourrit du sang de divers animaux dont l’humain. 2. Puce de mer ou puce de sable : appellation familière du talitre. 3. Composant électronique monolithique non encapsulé. 4. Nom que l’on donne à un bébé, ou à une très jeune fille. Est souvent aussi utilisé par les jeunes couples.
adjective: 1. De couleur brun-rouge foncé. #4E1609
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of puce
- puces plural
- pucée feminine
- pucés masculine plural
- pucées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to puce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puce in French?
puce appears 8.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).