puceau

French

Etymology

From Old French pucel, from the feminine pucele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.so/

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Noun

puceau m (plural puceaux, feminine pucelle)

1. virgin (male person who has never had sexual relations)

Adjective

puceau (feminine pucelle, masculine plural puceaux, feminine plural pucelles)

1. virgin

   Elle est toujours pucelle. ― She is still a virgin.

Further reading

• “puceau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.