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poussière

dust

noun poo-SYAIR Less Common

Origin: Latin pulvis, pulveris (powder, dust)

Usage Note

Poussière is the ordinary word for dust or fine particles. Mordre la poussière (to bite the dust) is used in French as in English for defeat or death. The derived adjective poussiéreux means dusty. Réduire en poussière means to reduce to dust or ashes, often used figuratively.

Examples

"Il y a de la poussière partout dans la pièce."

Natural Translation

There is dust everywhere in the room.

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