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.

   • 2003, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix, page 149:

     "Laws can be changed," said Fudge savagely. "Of course they can," said Dumbledore, inclining his head. "And you certainly seem to be making many changes, Cornelius. Why, in the few short weeks since I was asked to leave the Wizengamot, it has already become the practice to hold a full criminal trial to deal with a simple matter of underage magic!" A few of the wizards above them shifted uncomfortably in their seats. Fudge turned a slightly deeper shade of puce. The toadlike witch on the right, however, merely glanced at Dumbledore, her face quite expressionless.

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