poule
/puːl/
poule noun: a girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut. Also the alternative form of pool.
Noun
poule (plural poules)
- A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
- It was a warm spring night and I sat at a table on the terrace of the Napolitain after Robert had gone, watching […] the poules going by, singly and in pairs, looking for the evening meal.1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society, published 2008, page 40
- ‘Where are the Delages taking you?’ ‘Dinner at…somewhere terribly smart. They'll pretend I'm a poule they picked up in the street.’2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 369
Also used as
poule is also the alternative form of pool.
poule is also the obsolete form of pool.
Forms of poule
| plural | poules |
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Origin of poule
Borrowed from French poule, from Latin pullus, pulla.
Words that rhyme with poule
42 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ghoul
- spool
- doole
- pule
- yule
- buhl
- huemul
- Juul
- misrule
- rocking stool
- you'll
- 6-2-1 rule
- adverse interest rule
- aemule
- babul
- befool
- bool
- cagoule
- crool
- emule
- firefighter's rule
- gigajoule
- grool
- gule
- hool
- hydrocool
- joule
- kewl
- kilojoule
- megajoule
- mewl
- pasta fazool
- petajoule
- retool
- shul
- snool
- sool
- terajoule
- torchecul
- tulle
- uncool
- yottajoule
Questions about poule
- What does poule mean?
- Poule means a girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
- What part of speech is poule?
- Poule is a noun.
- How do you pronounce poule?
- Poule is pronounced /puːl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of poule?
- The plural of poule is poules.
Words near poule in the dictionary
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