A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
Used in a Sentence
poule
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for poule.
Editorial note
Looks tempting: « La Poule Soie, avec sa silhouette toute ronde, est une excellent poule de compagnie.
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Quick take
A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of poule gathered in one view.
(fencing) Alternative form of pool. [A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.]
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for poule.
noun
A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
noun
(fencing) Alternative form of pool. [A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.]
Example sentences
Looks tempting: « La Poule Soie, avec sa silhouette toute ronde, est une excellent poule de compagnie.
If you would poule together all the succesfull white tech guys and combined them into an average.
I'm currently enjoying watching Blaise le blasé (a Quebecois cartoon) and reading Chair de poule (Goosebumps in translation).
I'm assuming you're knowingly joking, so for others: 'dinde' is the contraction of French d'Inde, shortened from coq d'Inde or poule d'Inde.
The french word "poule" does mean hen, but is used more like the American slang word for a single woman: "chick".
Funny… turkeys (the bird) are called “dinde” in French, which means “from India” and is short for “poule d’Inde”: chicken from India.
She swears she got an email once with the subject "Concerned about Chinese cock." (Note, as well, that one of the French words for hen is "poule," which is also an old slang term for "slut." The French just can't catch a break in the chicken business).
You should try to google "Poule Soie", they are gorgeous beast:) The nickname is a play on my family name ("Monchablon"), that was wrongly written on the first draft of my work contract (as "Mablochon"), which only needed a bit of a chicken-obsessed CTO to become "Mablopoule".
Quote examples
The french word "poule" does mean hen, but is used more like the American slang word for a single woman: "chick".
Funny… turkeys (the bird) are called “dinde” in French, which means “from India” and is short for “poule d’Inde”: chicken from India.
She swears she got an email once with the subject "Concerned about Chinese cock." (Note, as well, that one of the French words for hen is "poule," which is also an old slang term for "slut." The French just can't catch a break in the chicken business).
You should try to google "Poule Soie", they are gorgeous beast:) The nickname is a play on my family name ("Monchablon"), that was wrongly written on the first draft of my work contract (as "Mablochon"), which only needed a bit of a chicken-obsessed CTO to become "Mablopoule".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use poule in a sentence?
Looks tempting: « La Poule Soie, avec sa silhouette toute ronde, est une excellent poule de compagnie.
What does poule mean?
A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
What part of speech is poule?
poule is commonly used as noun.