"poulet" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pu.le/, /pu.lɛ/ Audio: Fr-poulet.ogg Forms: poulets [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French, from poule (“hen”) + -et (“diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French, {{inh+|fr|fro|-}} Inherited from Old French, {{af|fr|poule|-et|gloss1=hen|gloss2=diminutive suffix}} poule (“hen”) + -et (“diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} poulet m (plural poulets)
  1. chicken Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Chickens
    Sense id: en-poulet-fr-noun-gR64G50R Disambiguation of Chickens: 45 22 33
  2. (slang, derogatory) policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective) Tags: derogatory, masculine, slang Synonyms: policier, keuf, flic
    Sense id: en-poulet-fr-noun-hX9A2mNL Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -et Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 59 40 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -et: 8 54 38
  3. (obsolete) love letter Tags: masculine, obsolete Categories (lifeform): Poultry
    Sense id: en-poulet-fr-noun-Ig9SYdJc Disambiguation of Poultry: 23 32 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blanc de poulet, poulet basquaise, poulet du Général Tao Related terms: poule

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for poulet meaning in French (3.9kB)

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