poulpe

English

Alternative forms

• poulp

Etymology

Borrowed from French poulpe. Doublet of polyp.

Noun

poulpe (plural poulpes)

1. (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)

1. an octopus

   Synonym: pieuvre

Further reading

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