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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French pousiere, derived from pous, from Vulgar Latin *pulvus, neuter form derived from Latin pulvis m.
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Noun
poussière f (plural poussières)
- dust
- des nuages de poussière cosmique ― cosmic dust clouds
2018, Zaz, Si c'était à refaire:Si c’était à refaire […] je suivrais mes traces dans la poussière.- If I had to do it all over again I'd follow my footsteps in the dust.
- speck of dust
2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:Ne reste-t-il que des poussières une fois que l’amour est absent ?- Is dust all that's left once love is gone?
- (plural only) very little; next to nothing
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Noun
poussière f (plural poussières)
- (Guernsey) dust