Noun: pulica
Gender: f
Hyphenation: pù‧li‧ca
| Singular f | pulica |
| Plural f | puliche |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like pulica
demoltiplica,
sariga,
scocca,
scolca,
transcaratteristica,
fotoelettrica,
ultracentrifuga,
stereomeccanica,
pulcesecca,
analisi matematica,
criminalistica,
geomatematica,
autopubblica,
nutraceutica,
retorica,
registroteca,
microplastica,
farmacofisica,
aerofisica,
iconoteca, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetan pùłega (literally “flea”), used by Venetian glassmakers such as those from Murano. The term is from Vulgar Latin *pūlica (“flea”), from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus-. Doublet of pulce. See: Latin Nouns '
pūlex'.
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