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puceau

French, noun/py.so/

puceau is spelled P-U-C-E-A-U (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puceau is a French masculine noun meaning “virgin (male person who has never had sexual relations)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme n’ayant jamais eu de relation sexuelle”.

What does puceau mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinevirgin (male person who has never had sexual relations)

adjective

  1. 1

    virgin

    Elle est toujours pucelle.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qualifie celles et ceux qui n'ont pas eu de relation sexuelle. 2. Qualifie celles et ceux qui sont inexpérimentés.

noun: 1. Homme n’ayant jamais eu de relation sexuelle. 2. Jeune garçon. 3. Novice dans un art.

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 puceau

  • puceaux plural
  • pucelle feminine
  • pucelles feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce puceau?

  • /py.so/
  • \py.so\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to puceau

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is puceau in French?

puceau appears 1.3 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).

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