"poulain" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pu.lɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-poulain.ogg Forms: poulains [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French poulain, polain (“baby animal”), from a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin pullāmen, from Latin pullus (“animal young”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|poulain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French poulain, {{inh+|fr|fro|poulain}} Inherited from Old French poulain, {{m|fro|polain|t=baby animal}} polain (“baby animal”), {{inh|fr|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{inh|fr|VL.|pullāmen}} Vulgar Latin pullāmen, {{inh|fr|la|pullus||animal young}} Latin pullus (“animal young”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} poulain m (plural poulains)
  1. foal (young horse) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-poulain-fr-noun-S911O1YU
  2. protégé; mentee Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Horses
    Sense id: en-poulain-fr-noun-A6LoL0mV Disambiguation of Baby animals: 27 73 Disambiguation of Horses: 39 61 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: poulaine, poule

Inflected forms

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