Peugeot

Borrowed from French Peugeot.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːʒəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpjuːʒoʊ/

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Peugeot

1. A surname from French.

Peugeot (plural Peugeots)

1. A car manufactured by the French automobile brand Peugeot.
   • 1996, Sue Gee, chapter 4, in The Hours of the Night, London: Arrow Books, published 1997, →ISBN, page 27:

     Rowland drove, because he liked driving, and the car was new: a plum-coloured Peugeot, sleek and fast.

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The brand was named after its founders, Jean-Frédéric and Jean-Pierre II Peugeot.

• IPA^(key): /pø.ʒo/

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Peugeot ?

1. a surname, particularly that of the dynastic car-manufacturing family
2. a French motorcar manufacturer

   Coordinate terms: PSA, Citroën

• IPA^(key): /pøˈʒoː/, /pəˈʒoː/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /pøˈʃoː/, /pəˈʃoː/ (some southern speakers)

Peugeot n (proper noun, strong, genitive Peugeots)

1. Peugeot (company)

Peugeot m (strong, genitive Peugeots or Peugeot, plural Peugeots or Peugeot)

1. Peugeot (car of that company)