different between pucel vs puces

English

Noun

pucel (plural pucels)

1. Obsolete form of pucelle.

Anagrams

• culpe, cupel, pecul

Old English

Etymology

Diminutive of p?ca (“devil, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *p?kô (“goblin, imp”), equivalent to p?ca +? -el. Cognate with Danish pokker (“devil, deuce”). More at puck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pu?.kel/

Noun

p?cel m

1. a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit

Declension

Related terms

• p?ca

Descendants

• Middle English: *poukel (found in names and compounds)
  • English: puckle

Old French

Etymology

Masculine form derived from the feminine pucele.

Noun

pucel m (oblique plural puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative singular puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative plural pucel)

1. young, unmarried man
2. (by extension) virgin (male person who has ever had sexual relations)

Declension

Descendants

• French: puceau

English

Noun

puces

1. plural of puce

Catalan

Noun

puces

1. plural of puça

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pys/
• Homophones: puce, pusse, pussent, pusses

Noun

puces f

1. plural of puce

Verb

puces

1. second-person singular present indicative of pucer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of pucer