poule

common nounproper nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

poule

Like 'chicken', 'chick', 'foal', this word is linked to the *pu ('small animal' or 'young animal') which gave pullarius ('concerning the young of animals') but also puer or puella ('young boy, young girl') in Latin, παῖς, pais ('child') in ancient Greek. This root also gave rise to 'teem'.

Definitions

cuisine
zoologie
sport

Masculine

Plural

poules

Translations

  • germangerman:Legehenne
  • englishenglish:hen
  • arabicarabic:دَجاجَه
  • chinesechinese:母鸡
  • koreankorean:암탉
  • danishdanish:høne
  • spanishspanish:gallina
  • finnishfinnish:kana
  • greekgreek:κότα
  • italianitalian:gallina
  • japanesejapanese:雌鶏
  • dutchdutch:moederkloek
  • polishpolish:kura
  • portugueseportuguese:galinha
  • russianrussian:пизда
  • swedishswedish:höna
  • turkishturkish:tavuk

See also

poulière (cn.) poulier (cn.) poule (v.) poulet (cn.) poulailler (cn.) poulette (cn.) poulie (cn.) Poule (pn.) poules (v.) poulaille (cn.)