"pullet" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpʊlɪt/ [UK] Audio: En-au-pullet.ogg Forms: pullets [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊlɪt Etymology: From Middle English polet, pulet, from Anglo-Norman pullet, Old French poulet (“young chicken”); polette (“young hen”), from poule (“hen”). Doublet of poult. Compare also Middle English pulle. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₂w-}}, {{inh|en|enm|polet}} Middle English polet, {{der|en|xno|pullet}} Anglo-Norman pullet, {{der|en|fro|poulet||young chicken}} Old French poulet (“young chicken”), {{doublet|en|poult}} Doublet of poult Head templates: {{en-noun}} pullet (plural pullets)
  1. A young hen, especially one less than a year old. Translations (young hen): jong hen (Afrikaans), վառեկ (vaṙek) (Armenian), fərə (Azerbaijani), fərik [dialectal] (Azerbaijani), пиле (pile) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ярка (jarka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), polla [feminine] (Catalan), ⵜⴰⵛⵉⵛⴰⵡⵜ (tacicawt) [feminine] (Central Atlas Tamazight), меъ (meʔ) (Chechen), 小母雞 (Chinese Mandarin), 小母鸡 (xiǎo mǔjī) (Chinese Mandarin), ichpōchtōtolin (Classical Nahuatl), kokidino (Esperanto), kananpoika (Finnish), poulette [feminine] (French), pola [feminine] (Galician), ვარია (varia) (Georgian), Hühnchen [neuter] (German), πουλάδα (pouláda) [feminine] (Greek), sā̀garā [feminine] (Hausa), פַּרְגִּית (pargít) [feminine] (Hebrew), jérce (Hungarian), hanyuno (Ido), hanyunino (Ido), pollastra [feminine] (Italian), 若いめんどり (wakai mendori) (alt: わかいめんどり) (Japanese), មាន់ញីជំទង់ (moan ñii cumtʊəng) (Khmer), Pëll [feminine] (Luxembourgish), јарица (jarica) [feminine] (Macedonian), poulette [Jersey] (Norman), پلیچ (piliç) (Ottoman Turkish), franga [feminine] (Portuguese), puică [feminine] (Romanian), моло́дка (molódka) [feminine] (Russian), ку́рочка (kúročka) [feminine] (Russian), polla [feminine] (Spanish), unghöna (Swedish), ⵜⴰⵛⵉⵛⴰⵡⵜ (tašišawt) [feminine] (Tashelhit), piliç (Turkish), yarka (Turkish), cáy khướng (Tày), gà mái tơ (Vietnamese), poyete [feminine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-pullet-en-noun-GlHaojBM Disambiguation of 'young hen': 87 0 13
  2. (slang) A spineless person; a coward. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Chickens, Female animals
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  3. (obsolete, slang) A young girl. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-pullet-en-noun-dtT3mC-b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: poultry, pullulate, chick

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 588:",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "young hen",
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      "roman": "pile",
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      "sense": "young hen",
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      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "小母雞"
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      "roman": "xiǎo mǔjī",
      "sense": "young hen",
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      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "ichpōchtōtolin"
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      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "kokidino"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "kananpoika"
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      "sense": "young hen",
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      "word": "poulette"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pola"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "varia",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "ვარია"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "young hen",
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      "word": "Hühnchen"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pouláda",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "πουλάδα"
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    {
      "code": "ha",
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      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sā̀garā"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pargít",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "פַּרְגִּית"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "jérce"
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "hanyuno"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "hanyunino"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pollastra"
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      "alt": "わかいめんどり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wakai mendori",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "若いめんどり"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "moan ñii cumtʊəng",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "មាន់ញីជំទង់"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Pëll"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "jarica",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "јарица"
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    {
      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "young hen",
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      "word": "poulette"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "piliç",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "پلیچ"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "franga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "puică"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "molódka",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "моло́дка"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "young hen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ку́рочка"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "young hen",
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      "word": "polla"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "piliç"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "yarka"
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      "code": "tyz",
      "lang": "Tày",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "cáy khướng"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "young hen",
      "word": "gà mái tơ"
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    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "young hen",
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      "word": "poyete"
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