Puce

[Ginger Abney]

I can make no sense of the word "puce".  Here how it is used in this sentence,"...Sauf le marche aux puce peut-etre. (with a ^ over the e in etre) Can someone please translate this in English?

[George Hunt]

"puce" means "flea" and so "marché aux puces" translates as "flea market".

Perhaps you tried "marche aux puce" in the online translation instead of "marché aux puces" ? That only gives you gibberish"

So your sentence should read "Sauf le marché aux puces peut-etre" which means "except the flea market ,maybe."

By the way "ma puce" is also a term of endearment worth knowing.

[Christine]

In another context, it can also be a (micro)chip. And we also have the colour puce, same as in English. :-)

[Ginger Abney]

Thank  you George, now this makes sense.  I think it too was the way I typed it, without being able to put the dicritical marks on "marche" and leaving off the s on puces.  "ma puce", I did see in the dictionary ma sweetheart.