pervenche

== French == === Etymology === From Late Latin pervinca, in vinca pervinca (“periwinkle”), apparently originally a magical formula. Traffic wardens are so called from the colour of their uniforms. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛʁ.vɑ̃ʃ/ === Noun === pervenche f (plural pervenches) periwinkle female traffic warden, meter maid (US) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “pervenche”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “pervenche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012