puce C2 Topic:Materials & Substances US /pjuːs/ UK /pjuːs/ See IPA manual Freq #54368 Meanings 1 noun a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red She chose a puce ribbon for the hat. Etymology From French couleur puce, from Latin pūlex (“flea”). Topics Materials & Substances External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # puce **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /pjuːs/ **IPA (UK):** /pjuːs/ **Frequency rank:** 54368 ## Meanings 1. a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red ## Examples - She chose a puce ribbon for the hat. ## Etymology From French couleur puce, from Latin pūlex (“flea”). ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown