English

Noun

poule ‎(plural poules)

1. A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a ****. [from 1920s]
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 369:

     ‘Where are the Delages taking you?’ ‘Dinner at…somewhere terribly smart. They'll pretend I'm a poule they picked up in the street.’

Etymology 2

Noun

poule ‎(plural poules)

1. Obsolete form of pool (in various senses)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pul/

Etymology 1

From Latin pulla, feminine of pullus.

Noun

poule f ‎(plural poules)

1. hen (female chicken)
2. (slang) chick, bird (woman)

Derived terms

• chair de poule
• poule mouillée
• quand les poules auront des dents

Related terms

• poulet

See also

• coq

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

poule f ‎(plural poules)

1. (card games) pool
2. pool, group (stage of a competition before the knockout stages)

Derived terms

• phase de poule

Descendants

• English: pool

Anagrams

• loupe, loupé

Norman

Etymology

From Latin pulla, feminine form of pullus ‎(“rooster”).

Noun

poule f ‎(plural poules)

1. (Jersey) hen

Synonyms

• g'linne

Derived terms

Old French

Noun

poule f ‎(plural poules)

1. hen (female chicken)

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (poule, supplement)