pouque
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Norman[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- puk (Sark)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Northern French poque, puque (compare Old French puche, modern French poche), from Old Norse poki. Compare also English pocket, poke (noun) from the same source through Anglo-Norman.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun[edit]
pouque f (plural pouques)
- (Jersey, Normandy) bag
- (Jersey, anatomy) scrotum
- (Guernsey) traditionally, one of the little people, an impish character
Derived terms[edit]
- pouque à bathi, pouque à bostchot (“bin liner”)
- pouque à dormi (“sleeping bag”)
- pouque à pais (“beanbag”)
- pouque à thée (“teabag”)
- pouque à vent (“set of bagpipes”)
- pouque en papi (“paper bag”)
- pouque en plastique (“plastic bag”)
- pouquelée (“bagful”)