poulpe
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French poulpe. Doublet of polyp.
Noun
poulpe (plural poulpes)
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French
Etymology
Ultimately borrowed from Latin polypūs, itself borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Doublet of polype and pieuvre.
Pronunciation
Noun
poulpe m (plural poulpes)
- an octopus
Synonyms
Further reading
- “poulpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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