Poussiéreux

Part of Speech

adjective

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 der Engländer , 🇪🇸 polvoriento , 🇮🇹 polveroso , 🇵🇹 cheio de poeira , 🇨🇳 满是尘土的 , 🇯🇵 ほこりっぽい , 🇰🇷 먼지투성이인 , 🇸🇦 مغبش , 🇮🇳 मिट्टी भरा हुआ

Definition

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Etymology

**poussiéreux** comes from Old French *poussière* “dust,” which in turn derives from late Latin *pulvere* (genitive *pulvis*), the word for “dust” or “powder.” The French adjective was formed by adding the suffix *‑eux* (a typical -eux adjective ending) to *poussière* in the 12th–13th centuries, giving the modern form *poussiéreux* “dusty.” The transition from Latin *pulvere* to French *poussière* involved the loss of the initial *l* and the fronting of the vowel, a common phonetic change in the evolution from Latin to Old French.

Synonyms

sale souillé encrassé pollué sableux brumeux granuleux crasseux

Antonyms

net propre immaculé lustré