poussière

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French pousiere, derived from pous, from Vulgar Latin *pulvus, neuter form derived from Latin pulvis m.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pu.sjɛʁ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

poussière f (plural poussières)

  1. dust
    des nuages de poussière cosmiquecosmic dust clouds
    • 2018, Zaz, Si c'était à refaire:
      Si c’était à refaire [] je suivrais mes traces dans la poussière.
      If I had to do it all over again [] I'd follow my footsteps in the dust.
  2. speck of dust
    • 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:
      Ne reste-t-il que des poussières une fois que l’amour est absent ?
      Is dust all that's left once love is gone?
  3. (plural only) very little; next to nothing

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Descendants[edit]

  • Haitian Creole: pousyè

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Noun[edit]

poussière f (plural poussières)

  1. (Guernsey) dust