peluche

See also: peluché

French

Etymology

From Old French peluchier (“to peel; pluck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.lyʃ/

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Noun

peluche f (plural peluches)

1. plush (toy), fluff

Derived terms

• ours en peluche

Related terms

• pelucher

Descendants

• → Dutch: pluche
• → English: plush
• → German: Plüsch
  • → Hungarian: plüss
  • → Polish: plusz
  • → Romanian: pluș
• → Italian: peluche
• → Portuguese: peluche
• → Russian: плюш (pljuš)
  • → Yiddish: פּליוש (plyush)
• → Spanish: peluche
• → Turkish: pelüş, peluş

Verb

peluche

1. inflection of pelucher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “peluche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• épluche, épluché

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French peluche.

Pronunciation

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Noun

peluche m (invariable)

1. soft toy, plush
2. plush (fabric)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French peluche, from Old French peluchier.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈlu.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈlu.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈlu.ʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈlu.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈlu.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈlu.t͡ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: pe‧lu‧che

Noun

peluche m (plural peluches)

1. (Portugal) plush

   Um ursinho de peluche.

   A teddy bear.

2. (Portugal) a plush toy

   Synonym: pelúcia

   Este peluche é bastante fofo.

   This plush toy is very soft.

3. fluffiness, fluff

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French peluche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈlut͡ʃe/ [peˈlu.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -utʃe
• Syllabification: pe‧lu‧che

Noun

peluche m (plural peluches)

1. (textiles) plush
2. (toys) soft toy, stuffed animal

Derived terms

• osito de peluche

 

Further reading

• “peluche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014