pousse-pousse
French
Alternative forms
- poussepousse (post-1990 spelling)
- pousse (short form)
Etymology
From pousser (“to push”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pus.pus/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun
un pousse-pousse japonais
pousse-pousse m (plural pousse-pousse)
- (transport) rickshaw
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: پو̀سْپو̀سْ (puspus)
- ⇒ Turkish: çekçek
References
- ‘pousse-pousse’ in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française (9th Edition).
Further reading
- “pousse-pousse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.