Masculine
poulet
Meaning
- chicken
- (slang) policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective)
- (obsolete) love letter
Concepts
poulet
volaille
young hen
young chicken
Gallus gallus
billet doux
domestic fowl
Synonyms
flicard
lettre d’amour
officier de police
coq doré
gallus
poule domestique
pouliaoü
weakly interacting massive particles
wimp
wimps
coq bankiva
coq sauvage
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pu.le/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French, from poule (“hen”) + -et (“diminutive suffix”).
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