poulpe
English
Alternative forms
- poulp
Etymology
Borrowed from French poulpe. Doublet of polyp.
Noun
poulpe (plural poulpes)
- (archaic) An octopus.
Anagrams
- pupelo
French
Etymology
Ultimately borrowed from Latin polypūs, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Doublet of polype and pieuvre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pulp/
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Noun
poulpe m (plural poulpes)
- an octopus
- Synonym: pieuvre
Further reading
- “poulpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.