pruche
French
Etymology
Modification of
Prusse
(
“
Prussia
”
)
, and therefore akin to
English
spruce
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/pʁyʃ/
Noun
pruche
f
(
plural
pruches
)
(
Quebec
)
hemlock
(tree of
Tsuga
genus)
Further reading
“
pruche
”, in
Trésor de la langue française informatisé
[
Digitized Treasury of the French Language
]
,
2012
.