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noun, feminine

poupée

/pu.pe/

noun, feminine/pu.pe/plural: poupées

doll (object); A girl or woman.

Inherited from Middle French poupée, from Old French poupee, popede (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupāta), or Vulgar Latin *puppa (with the French suffix -ée later added), ultimately from Latin pūpa (“girl; doll, puppet”).

poupée — French Dictionary | Passage