marché aux puces

French

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marché aux puces

Etymology

Literally, “market with fleas”.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Why "flea" market? (Plausibly bc used furniture can, and was formerly not unlikely to, contain flea pupae.)”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʁ.ʃe o pys/
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)

Noun

marché aux puces m (plural marchés aux puces)

flea market (a market selling inexpensive antiques, curios)

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Descendants

→ English: flea market (calque) (see there for further descendants)
- → Chinese: 跳蚤市場 / 跳蚤市场 (calque)
→ Esperanto: pulbazaro (partial calque)
→ Finnish: kirpputori (calque)
→? German: Flohmarkt (calque) (see there for further descendants)
→ Japanese: 蚤の市 (calque)
→ Korean: 벼룩시장 (byeoruksijang) (calque)
⇒ Luxembourgish: Floumaart
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: loppemarknad (calque)
→ Polish: pchli targ (calque)
→ Portuguese: mercado das pulgas (calque, Brazil)
→ Spanish: mercado de pulgas (calque)
→? Turkish: bitpazarı, bit (by elision), bit pazarı (proscribed) (calque)
- → Bulgarian: битпаза́р (bitpazár)
- → Macedonian: бит-пазар (bit-pazar)