pousse-pousse

French

Alternative forms

  • poussepousse (post-1990 spelling)
  • pousse (short form)

Etymology

From pousser (“to push”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pus.pus/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Noun

pousse-pousse m (plural pousse-pousse)

  1. (transport) rickshaw

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: پو̀سْ‌پو̀سْ (puspus)
  • ⇒ Turkish: çekçek

References

  • ‘pousse-pousse’ in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française (9th Edition).

Further reading

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