pucel

English

Noun

pucel (plural pucels)

1. Obsolete form of pucelle.

References

• “pucel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• culpe, cupel, pecul

Old English

Etymology

Diminutive of pūca (“devil, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“goblin, imp”), equivalent to pūca +‎ -el. Cognate with Danish pokker (“devil, deuce”). More at puck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.kel/

Noun

pūcel m

1. a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	pūcel	pūclas
accusative	pūcel	pūclas
genitive	pūcles	pūcla
dative	pūcle	pūclum

Related terms

• pūca

Descendants

• Middle English: *poukel (found in names and compounds)
  • English: puckle

Old French

Etymology

Masculine form derived from the feminine pucele.

Noun

pucel oblique singular, m (oblique plural puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative singular puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative plural pucel)

1. young, unmarried man
2. (by extension) virgin (male person who has never had sexual relations)

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine
singular	subject	pucels	pucele
	oblique	pucel	pucele
plural	subject	pucel	puceles
	oblique	pucels	puceles

Descendants

• French: puceau