marché aux puces

French

Etymology

Literally, “flea market”.
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.ʃe o pys/

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Noun

marché aux puces m (plural marchés aux puces)

1. flea market (a market selling inexpensive antiques, curios)

Synonyms

• brocante
• marché d’antan
• mercado

Coordinate terms

• friperie
• marché de seconde main
• marché d’occasion

Descendants

Descendants

• → English: flea market (calque) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Chinese: 跳蚤市場 / 跳蚤市场 (calque)
• → Esperanto: pulbazaro (partial calque)
• → Finnish: kirpputori (calque)
• →? German: Flohmarkt (calque) (see there for further descendants)
• → Japanese: 蚤の市 (calque)
• → Korean: 벼룩시장 (byeoruksijang) (calque)
• ⇒ Luxembourgish: Floumaart
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: loppemarknad (calque)
• → Polish: pchli targ (calque)
• → Portuguese: mercado das pulgas (calque) (Brazil)
• → Spanish: mercado de pulgas (calque)
• →? Turkish: bitpazarı, bit (by elision), bit pazarı (proscribed) (calque)
  • → Bulgarian: битпаза́р (bitpazár)
  • → Macedonian: бит-пазар (bit-pazar)